Did jewelled hilts exist in Europe between 11th and 16th C? -- myArmoury.com

Peter Messent

Howdy folks,

This may be a silly/basic question, but it's not something I'd really given much thought to and now I can't help but wonder. The Sutton Hoo sword is an eariler sword with a garnet-adorned hilt and I recall some later renaissance examples (though I have no idea whether they're genuine or not) but I have never seen anything in between. Can anyone shed some light on the matter?

Thanks!

Peter

Nat Lamb · Posted: Sun 04 Jan, 2015 5:52 pm Post subject:

There are medieval swords with pommels made from lumps of rock crystal, not sure if that meets your criteria for "jeweled"

Peter Messent · Posted: Sun 04 Jan, 2015 8:55 pm Post subject:

Thank you! I think I might have heard of that before, but I've never seen one - I suppose it would qualify! I'll need to try and find some examples of that.

Chad Arnow · myArmoury Team

Check out these threads:

http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=3101
http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=2752
http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=2574

Peter Messent · Posted: Mon 05 Jan, 2015 5:28 pm Post subject:

Very interesting threads, thank you for bringing them to my attention :D