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Pieter B.
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 Posted: Mon 13 Apr, 2015 8:14 am Post subject: St. Lucia's sword |
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Hey there folks,
I went to the museum recently and one of the paintings in the medieval/early renaissance halls had this painting of a saint being killed. What I noticed was a rather special looking sword. It looks like it has some sort of a ricasso flare a few inches from the cross guard and a fuller that terminates in a sharp point another inch beyond that. I kinda like it and I wonder if anyone here knows anything about that sword or if there are any swords like it.
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Jeffrey Faulk
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Pieter B.
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| Posted: Mon 13 Apr, 2015 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Ah thanks, I had a quick glance at the oakenshot typology but I went over that one because the flared triangle was not present to the degree in the painting.
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Lee O'Hagan
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Randal Graham made one very similar some time back,
there was also either an old ATRIM or Tinker blade quite similar, slightly shorter in the riccasso though,
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Jeffrey Faulk
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Mark Griffin
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Nice one. Which Museum Pieter?
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Pieter B.
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| Posted: Mon 13 Apr, 2015 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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Lee,
I quite like that sword, has a special look to it really.
| Mark Griffin wrote: | | Nice one. Which Museum Pieter? |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, I went to Late Rembrand and had a chance to quickly look at the medieval/renaissance/arms and armor bit. The paintings and some jewelry was great but the arms and armor department was severely underwhelming.
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