Posts: 530
Tue 13 Oct, 2009 3:03 pm
Weapons from the collection of Kuresaare museum (Estonia)
Posts: 530
Tue 13 Oct, 2009 3:07 pm
And now an interesting sample of a later sword
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Posts: 1,606 Location: Chicago, Illinois
Tue 13 Oct, 2009 3:19 pm
Thanks for posting these! I love the Messer! Post any others that you have too!
Posts: 649 Location: Italy
Tue 13 Oct, 2009 3:53 pm
Artis,
thanks, the quality of the photos and details are excellent. :)
Ciao
Maurizio
Posts: 232
Tue 13 Oct, 2009 8:48 pm
Nice pictures, Always like seeing pictures of the real thing.
and thanks to the last two pictures you posted I can now justify doing a SCA persona with a katana (granted with a western style hilt -- hmm the best of both worlds I would thing :p )
Posts: 1,435 Location: California, Maryland, USA
Tue 13 Oct, 2009 9:55 pm
Nice pictures! Reminds me that I'd like to visit Estonia.
M.
Posts: 176 Location: Kontiolahti, Finland
Tue 13 Oct, 2009 11:06 pm
Do you know what material the hillfort sword hilt is? It is interesting to see how flat the grip is.
Posts: 530
Tue 13 Oct, 2009 11:09 pm
I belive it is a corroded iron that has been covered in some sort of lacquer to preserve it buy museum restorators. When I get there next time I will try to take a closer look and see how it is.
Posts: 176 Location: Kontiolahti, Finland
Tue 13 Oct, 2009 11:30 pm
To me it looks like tin or lead. Could be wrong though.
Posts: 845 Location: The Netherlands
Wed 14 Oct, 2009 2:07 pm
Thanks for the pictures!
Posts: 629 Location: Sweden
Thu 15 Oct, 2009 5:19 pm
Artis Aboltins wrote: |
And now an interesting sample of a later sword |
What do we call these, anyway? It looks like a kriegsmesser but without the messer-style hilt.
Posts: 530
Thu 15 Oct, 2009 11:55 pm
Anders Backlund wrote: |
Artis Aboltins wrote: | And now an interesting sample of a later sword |
What do we call these, anyway? It looks like a kriegsmesser but without the messer-style hilt. |
Good question indeed - I am by no means an expertin the messer-style swords, perharps someone more knowledgable about those would be able to advise?
Posts: 2,307 Location: Croatia
Sat 17 Oct, 2009 5:10 am
It looks like Swiss hand and a half and two handed sabers.
Posts: 2,307 Location: Croatia
Sat 17 Oct, 2009 5:39 pm
What I have seen but can't find right now usually looks like this:
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/5615.html
http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/2544.html
Fittings of course come in many different styles. Most are dated to late 15th and first half of 16th century.
This by Lutel is quite similar, but I don't know on what historical example it's based on:
http://www.myArmoury.com/review_lut_10006.html
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