Another series on the royal armouries in Leeds that I was lucky enought to visit in excellent compagny (fellow forumers A Lazlo and D Sutton) last week end.
I have more than 300 shots, so I'll take my time before uploading/editing most of them.
Hope it's of some use to you guys (those post don't get much traffic so I'm beginning to wonder :)
my biggest deception was that several well known swords were not displayed, and especially the castillon sword I'm having reproduced as a custom sword right now.
Cheers,
J
(a superb exemple) German Sallet 1520
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Ear Dagger, Probably Italien, 1500
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A very intriguing broken (type XIV I believe) sword. I've often read that broken swords were remounted, used as daggers etc...well here is a great example as the tip has been reshaped and very crudely sharpened.
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