Posts: 252 Location: Vermont. USA
Mon 02 Mar, 2015 5:15 pm
What type of pommel is this?
Hi
What pommel type would you classify
this sword as? It looks like a
Oakeshott type H... but the sides are hollow ground like a type K. Would you call this an H a K or an in-between type, thanks.
Zach
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Posts: 4,393 Location: Northern California
Mon 02 Mar, 2015 5:24 pm
It's kind of like an H, but that type has a 45 degree slope from the central plateau (for lack of a better word) to the edge. I would call it a type J, with a larger than usual central plateau.
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Posts: 11,553 Location: San Francisco
Mon 02 Mar, 2015 6:38 pm
I'd say that sword you're linking to is a simplified/crude design not based on anything specific from history. As such, it would have to be described as an H/J hybrid.
I'd wager that antiques that would be similar would be J1 pommel and have a central disc.
Posts: 404 Location: Oxford, England
Mon 02 Mar, 2015 7:05 pm
I have an original, in my collection, from c.1300, with an almost identical (though overall thinner) pommel.
I would call it a J1 or an H/J pommel. Mine is close to a J1 like the one posted, but also like the one posted, has no inner ring. It instead has a small cross in the centre of the pommel.
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