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Dek Dekster
Location: Europe Joined: 16 Mar 2020
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Hello,
Maybe someone knows this object? I think it could be the shield of the sword?! I found it with a metal detector.
Thx for informations.
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Dan D'Silva
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It's the quillon block of a smallsword or smallsword-like hilt. With any luck, someone with detailed knowledge of the subject will identify the style and time period it was made, but that's a start.
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Drawing of smallsword hilt components. [ Download ]
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Dan Howard
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This is the kind of sword it probably came from
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen and Sword Books
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Anthony Clipsom
Location: YORKSHIRE, UK Joined: 27 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Wed 18 Mar, 2020 4:06 am Post subject: |
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This exploded drawing may help to visualise how your find fitted into the overall hilt
Anthony Clipsom
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Dan D'Silva
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| Posted: Thu 19 Mar, 2020 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| Dan Howard wrote: | | This is the kind of sword it probably came from |
I respectfully disagree. I think it looks overall more like a smallsword hilt, particularly the un-branched, hornlike finger rings.
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Dek Dekster
Location: Europe Joined: 16 Mar 2020
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Somehow I agree that's part of the sword, I am more interested in the period in which it was made, Is it possible that this is WW1/WW2? Like most finds on this terrain..
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Dan Howard
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| Posted: Thu 19 Mar, 2020 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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17th-18th century.
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen and Sword Books
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This is a standard topic