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PostPosted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 9:02 am    Post subject: info on swrewsbury sword         Reply with quote

historical info who used it, where,and time period.
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PostPosted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 1:05 pm    Post subject: Re: info on swrewsbury sword         Reply with quote

Troy Grange wrote:
historical info who used it, where,and time period.


Photo?

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PostPosted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 10:04 pm    Post subject: sherewsbury sword info         Reply with quote

found some info, please give fed back if not acurate. shrewsbury sword named after the battlefield where prince hal ( later henry v ) defeated percy hotspur. sword pommel is fig- shaped and faceted, also noted for cross-shaped cutouts in the guard. Blade is double-edged and finely tapering. strongly pointed for the thrust, very efficent for finding chinks in armor or even punching through it.
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PostPosted: Sat 21 Aug, 2004 10:10 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

There are two replicas of which I am aware:



Left: Windlass/MRL Shrewsbury Sword
Right: Del Tin 5144


And here's a very old photo of me holding the DT5144:


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PostPosted: Mon 23 Aug, 2004 1:52 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

And here's a photo of the authentic sword as compared to the Del Tin replica:



Original: English, 15th century, Wallace Collection

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PostPosted: Mon 23 Aug, 2004 8:27 pm    Post subject: Re: info on swrewsbury sword         Reply with quote

Troy Grange wrote:
historical info who used it, where,and time period.


Hi Troy,

here is what the Wallace Collection Catalogue has to say about this sword # A645:

"Faceted, fig-shaped pommel with a shrunken hollow for a shield, impressed on front and back; straight flat quillons, broadening at the ends, and there pierced with a cross. Grip missing. The two edged blade, stiff and finely tapering, is of a diamond section with a central groove at the forte, where it bears traces of an inscription.

L. 34 3/8 (87.3); W. 1 3/4 (4.5); Wt 2:12 (1.255)

About 1400

Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, op. cit. Pl. XXXIVc

Several like pommels were in the collection of Carl von Schwerzenbach"

The photo in the catalogue is the same as Nathan posted. I assume that the measure units are inches and pound and in the parentheses are centimeters and kilograms. The measurements I assume are L-length, W- width at the blade base, Wt- weight.

Hope that is useful.

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