...this sword....I know exactly jack about cup hilt broads but it just looked good to me....

Comes from a good collection and he gives complete return privs....

Anybody on that inscription?


Thanks!
Brad




http://www.cmmilitaryantiques.com/gallery.php?arid=1412

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These are some closeups of the hilt of the Cup hilt for those who requested them..

Bc

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Brad,
I took your new post with pictures of the cup hilt and merged it with your first thread about this sword. That way it's all together.

Thanks Chad!!

bc

Hey Guys:

Seems this Cup Hilt has a screw off type pommel. Does anyone know with what frequency these were used on swords of this period and does it raise question of reproduction.

Thanks so much!

Brad

http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=14191

Looks like a reproduction to me. I don't know when the first threaded pommels were used, but I did meet up with a guy once who had what he described as a 13th c. sword. The pommel and most of the hilt were missing. The exposed tang was threaded! Obviously it was not a 13th c. sword. Threads probably began to be used, in general, around the 17th century but, again, I do not know when they became a part of sword manufacture.

OK....

Now that I have visited the seller's site and looked at the inscription and closeup of the blade I am not sure that it is a reproduction. The threaded tang on a c. 1680 sword is probably not an issue.

Sorry for jumping to conclusions like that.

Actually what I find most surprising is seeing that kind of blade mounted with a cup hilt. I have always associated the cup hilt with more slender rapier blades... Anyone knows about other historical examples of that?

Well...the broad blade would be typical of Carribean type cup hilts..but the hilt doesn't look like that type..

All in all, I think I'm gonna pass on it...too many questions to explain come resale time.

bc

I saw a similar cupped hilt sword with a wide blade at the Museum of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. I took a photo with the intention of sharing it on myArmoury.com, but, because of the low light, the photo was quite blurry, so I didn't. But, given the subject of this thread, I think that it would be appropriate to show it now .

I don't know about the other issues, but I don't think the width of the blade should be of concern in relation to authenticity.

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One of the 15th century Fechtbuchs has a man unscrewing his the pommel off his longsword and throwing as a distraction. I'm not sure which one. I'll have to look it up.


Tallhoffer 1459. There are several depictions of daggers and swords and various pole arms with screwed on handles.

http://www.thearma.org/essays/Quality&Build.pdf

Check pages 18,19, and 20 of the article above.

It still could be original. A screw on pommel is not a new thing.

Hope this helped some.

Tallhoffer 1459. There are several depictions of daggers and swords and various pole arms with screwed on handles.

http://www.thearma.org/essays/Quality&Build.pdf

Check pages 18,19, and 20 of the article above.

A screw on pommel is not a new thing.

Hope this helped some.