hilt anatomy question -- myArmoury.com

Andy C. Nystrom · Posted: Tue 28 Jul, 2009 9:04 pm Post subject: hilt anatomy question

I know this is a fantasy sword, but I'm curious about the hilt construction and the terminology that would go with it. (I'm not as sword savvy as I would like) I'm specifically curious about the block just under the guard, is there a specific term for something like that, also the guard extension on the blade, would that be considered exaggerated langets?

Andy C. Nystrom · Posted: Tue 28 Jul, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject:

looks like I messed up on the pic, sorry it's too small, if you do an image search for winter warriors on yahoo you will get a thumbnail that you can enlarge for better viewing, again sorry it did not come out larger.

Nathan Robinson · myArmoury Admin

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It does not belong in the "Historical Arms Talk Forum" because, well, you're not discussing historical arms.

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M. Eversberg II · Posted: Wed 29 Jul, 2009 12:07 am Post subject:

Larger edition:

http://image61.webshots.com/61/3/6/9/27003060...CQB_fs.jpg

Looks to be just part of the guard, albeit a strange one.

M.

Lafayette C Curtis · Posted: Wed 05 Aug, 2009 1:02 am Post subject:

Just a part of the guard. It looks like the designer of the sword had juxtaposed a taijijian's guard with an European(ish) crossguard, and I must admit that the result looks rather cringe-worthy to me--there'd be way too much weight in the hilt this way and God knows how the swordsmith is going to redress the balance.