It looks to me like this is a narrow Type XVIII blade with a Type T5 pommel and cross of Style 2. Single hand or short-ish bastard sword? Comparison of his right hand to the grip length suggests that this is a bastard sword, but I haven't examined the biometrics for the blade length.
It's a very practical and attractive sword. I have a faceted T5 and Style 2 cross that appear to work perfectly with a Hanwei-Tinker sharp bastard sword blade, but I want to make sure it's an historically plausible match. Talhoffer's seems like a good fit.
Thoughts?
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