Hello forumites...

I thought I'd start a fun thread and see if anyone would participate. I'm looking for pics referencing all the different pommel types out there. Some are obvious... wheel, brazil-nut, etc, etc, but a compendium of pics and references for the more obscure pommel types could be cool. :)

For your consideration...the Type V
(But I don't need much of a reason to post THIS pic!) :D

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I like the blue grip on your Regent Steve. I'm a bit over done on green and red grips lately. The blue is a nice change.

I like that blue grip and the design of the pommel on the Regent, Steve. Very nice ...

Here are a couple of shots of Discerner's pommel, as well as my old MRL Historical Excalibur.

Although Discerner's pommel is the "wheel" type (or, would it be called a "ring" type since it is hollow with the diamond pattern being an insert?), I thought I would include it, along with the pommel of my MRL sword, to this thread about different pommel types. :)

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Nuts wish you had a better shot of that first sword Tim, the second one is obviously a type S (the one Oakeshott sketched?) but I can't make out what the other one is from that angle. Jim I am guessing that yours would probably still fall into the G,H,I,J,K family even though it is hollow. I guess the aesthetic form rather then the actual dynamics of the pommel is what was important in the typologies. The thing about pommels is that just like blades I'm betting that there are (or were) tons of one offs out there that were created for a specific owner.

Kirk,

I second the request for a better shot of the first one - looks interesting but tough to see from that angle.

Kirk, that's a very nice-looking sword in the top pic. Can you provide any more information on it? It's hard to tell from the pic, could be called a XII or XIV? Or an XIa? Hard to see what the fuller does toward the end of the blade.

Regards,
Brian M

Sorry guys...

That picture was cropped from a museum shot I picked up somewhere. I can not get the resolution any better. Your guess is as good as mine as to it's classification... It does look non-traditional though.

It is strange to me that such a beautifully proportioned sword has not been published... as far as I know. If I had to guess I would say that the pommel is similar to PJ's Solingen sword here

http://www.albionarmorers.com/swords/johnsson...lingen.htm

However the center raised area has been contracted to a line and the "teardrop" shape has been emphasized.

ks

Another fave of mine, the unclassified "writhen" pommel on the A&A Bohemian Broadsword:

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The Type A "Brazil Nut" pommel on the A&A St. Maurice:

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No idea what to call it but Ive always thought this design was very attractive

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Here is the one on my old wall hanger longsword. Does anyone know if there is any historical evidence of this type?

Thanks,
Scott

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Looks like a head of "Salad Fingers". Don't ask.

That type of pommel is called "the swine snout" :lol:

And now for something not so clean & tidy but obviously well used/abused. Smokey.


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