Posts: 9,547 Location: Dayton, OH
Mon 03 Dec, 2007 4:50 pm
Here's a Cinquedea and scabbard from the Royal Armouries.
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Posts: 9,547 Location: Dayton, OH
Mon 03 Dec, 2007 5:15 pm
Posts: 4,194 Location: Northern VA,USA
Mon 03 Dec, 2007 6:23 pm
Fantastic photos, Chad! The tooling on those sheaths is awesome.
I think I may need to pick up a copy of Armi Blanche at some point.
Posts: 9,547 Location: Dayton, OH
Mon 03 Dec, 2007 6:26 pm
Bill Grandy wrote: |
Fantastic photos, Chad! The tooling on those sheaths is awesome.
I think I may need to pick up a copy of Armi Blanche at some point. |
They're pretty cool aren't they? Armi Bianche is an amazing book. Good luck finding a copy. It's rare and usually $500 or more... But it's packed with tons of great photos.
Posts: 4,194 Location: Northern VA,USA
Mon 03 Dec, 2007 6:56 pm
Chad Arnow wrote: |
Good luck finding a copy. It's rare and usually $500 or more... |
Yeah, that's what's prevented me from getting it before. So far, anyway.
Posts: 256 Location: Virginia
Tue 04 Dec, 2007 7:21 am
Thanks, Chad. Those are really nice and the scabbard pics may be really helpful to Triton and myself in coming up witha scabbard and suspension for my Cinquedea.
Posts: 675 Location: Louisville, KY
Wed 05 Dec, 2007 6:11 am
Cinquedeas
Greetings!
I'm new to the forums, and I stumbled across this thread yesterday. Hugh, that Tinker Cinquedea is just gorgeous! I am a big fan of these little swords, too, although I have nothing to compare to yours. Chad, thanks for the pics of the sheaths: I've been wondering how these little guys were suspended from a belt for a long time. I wear my old Del Tin model suspended from leather thongs, but I wear mine from the side like a short arming sword (when at events).
BTW, and please don't laugh, but does anyone know exactly how "Cinquedea" is pronounced? I have heard several people swear their pronunciation is the correct one, but I have yet to be able to find it defined in any of the (scant) literature I have on the subject. Is it SIN-kwuh-de-uh, sin-KWEH-dee-uh, SINK-a-DEE-a, or something else?
P.S. I really love this site! Keep up the great work! :)
Posts: 9,547 Location: Dayton, OH
Wed 05 Dec, 2007 6:27 am
Re: Cinquedeas
Christopher Gregg wrote: |
Greetings!
I'm new to the forums, and I stumbled across this thread yesterday. Hugh, that Tinker Cinquedea is just gorgeous! I am a big fan of these little swords, too, although I have nothing to compare to yours. Chad, thanks for the pics of the sheaths: I've been wondering how these little guys were suspended from a belt for a long time. I wear my old Del Tin model suspended from leather thongs, but I wear mine from the side like a short arming sword (when at events).
BTW, and please don't laugh, but does anyone know exactly how "Cinquedea" is pronounced? I have heard several people swear their pronunciation is the correct one, but I have yet to be able to find it defined in any of the (scant) literature I have on the subject. Is it SIN-kwuh-de-uh, sin-KWEH-dee-uh, SINK-a-DEE-a, or something else?
P.S. I really love this site! Keep up the great work! :) |
No problem. :)
Regarding pronunciation, I think the first step is getting the "C" right. According to what I've heard and read (http://www.askoxford.com/languages/it/toi_italian/pronunciation/), the "C" in this case gets a "ch" sound like in "ciao" (pronounced roughly "chow").
According to Dictionary.com, the whole word is pronounced "ching-kwi-dee-uh, -dey-uh."
Posts: 4,194 Location: Northern VA,USA
Wed 05 Dec, 2007 7:45 am
Re: Cinquedeas
Christopher Gregg wrote: |
BTW, and please don't laugh, but does anyone know exactly how "Cinquedea" is pronounced? I have heard several people swear their pronunciation is the correct one, but I have yet to be able to find it defined in any of the (scant) literature I have on the subject. Is it SIN-kwuh-de-uh, sin-KWEH-dee-uh, SINK-a-DEE-a, or something else? |
Chad is right. The word is Italian, and most Italian speakers would say either "cheen-quah-DAY-uh", or "cheen-kah-DAY-uh".
Posts: 675 Location: Louisville, KY
Wed 05 Dec, 2007 4:35 pm
Thanks, Chad and Bill.
I'm pleased to say that at least I was pronouncing it closer to correct than others have indicated. I used a "S" instead of the "CH" sound in the first syllable, but at least I had the accent on the "DAY" syllable. :D
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