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Sabine Benning
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 Posted: Wed 07 May, 2008 6:05 am Post subject: rapiers and heathen gods |
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To all connoisseurs of rapiers,
At first, I’m sorry for my bad English.
For a comparism, I am looking for authentic rapiers. Hilts chiselled in iron. Decorated with figures, which could be indian, asian or south american gods. Who can help?
kind regards
Sabine
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Russ Ellis
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I think that you would probably get a lot more response if you could post pictures of what you want a comparison of...
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Craig Peters
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Also, I doubt that there were many rapiers out there- if any at all- that would have had pagan deities as part of their decoration.
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E.B. Erickson
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The Europeans did love their Greek and Roman myths, so you can probably find those gods on rapiers. However, figuring out if you're looking at a representation of a god or just a figure in classical Greek/Roman clothing can be pretty tough!
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Bill Grandy
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| E.B. Erickson wrote: | The Europeans did love their Greek and Roman myths, so you can probably find those gods on rapiers. However, figuring out if you're looking at a representation of a god or just a figure in classical Greek/Roman clothing can be pretty tough!
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That's very true. There's a gorgeous example of a rapier embossed with the Green Man on the hilt in the Smithsonian collection (on display at the National Museum of the Native American).
But looking for one decorated with non-European religious decoration is a bit of a stretch. Its not out of the realm of possiblity, but I've certainly never seen one, and if such a thing exists, it would be incredibly rare.
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