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M. Adair Orr





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PostPosted: Wed 21 Apr, 2021 1:45 pm    Post subject: Longsword in the Stevens Institute of Technology         Reply with quote

Has anyone set eyes on the longsword in the collection of the Library at the Stevens Institute of Technology? It looks like a cool specimen, I'd love to see better photos.
https://library.stevens.edu/news/not-valyrian-we-have-swords

-A
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Victor R.




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PostPosted: Wed 21 Apr, 2021 2:42 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

The library needs some additional research. I suspect the one on the right to be early 16th and of Germanic origins, though the blade is narrower than I'd expect - I wonder how much corrosion loss there has been. The one on the left gives me a late 16th Italian/Venetian feel.

Hopefully an actual expert takes a look and can provide better assessments.
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Chris Dayton




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PostPosted: Wed 21 Apr, 2021 4:56 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

OP, thanks for posting! Very interesting. I'd never heard of this school before now.

Victor, I agree on your assessment of the smaller piece as 16th- century Italian. Here's a similar one with a date estimate by E.B. Erickson, who knows complex hilts better than most:

https://sbg-sword-forum.forums.net/thread/58675/antique-italian-broadsword-1550
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