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Jess Rozek
Location: Burlington, VT Joined: 23 Mar 2010
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Posted: Thu 09 Jun, 2011 9:38 pm Post subject: Hangers... |
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I'm not sure if this topic belongs here, but I have a quick question: why exactly are colonial swords (it seems only British and American military sabers) called hangers? It seems a rather odd name...
Thanks in advance.
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Nathan Robinson
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Posted: Fri 10 Jun, 2011 12:16 am Post subject: |
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According to our article, Forms of European Edged Weaponry:
Quote: | Hanger
A short hunting sword with a straight or slightly curved single-edged and pointed blade, often with a back edge. In the 17th century and first half of the 18th its hilt usually had quillons, a knuckle guard, a shell guard turned towards the blade, and a pommel, occasionally shaped like a bird's head. Hilts of later examples often have only short recurved quillons and a massive one-piece grip flaring towards a cap (instead of a pommel).
The term "hanger" is also to a short infantry soldier's regulation sidearm used in the 18th to mid-19th century (in Germany and Russia this military hanger was called respectively, Dusack and tessak.) |
... now the question of why remains.
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Roger Hooper
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Posted: Fri 10 Jun, 2011 1:17 am Post subject: |
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A hanger is also defined in Webster's as - a loop or strap on a sword belt from which a short sword or dagger was hung The name could have been eventually transferred to the sword itself.
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