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Harri Kyllönen




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PostPosted: Mon 29 Dec, 2014 11:22 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

A flat pommel of that type looks like a big and empty space without any decorations.
I think adding something would look good.
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PostPosted: Tue 30 Dec, 2014 2:54 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I'm all for ornamentation, but that particular decoration does not appear to be of a style contemporary to the period on which that sword is based. It looks out of place to me.
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PostPosted: Tue 30 Dec, 2014 7:11 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

What type of decoration would be more appropriate for the time period?
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PostPosted: Tue 30 Dec, 2014 11:23 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Matthew P. Adams wrote:
What type of decoration would be more appropriate for the time period?


You would have to go study swords of that type and from the period for examples to be spot-on. Or if you wanted to go broader, you'd have to go study late 15th to 16th century art motifs and see what might be appropriate for ornamentation of arms and perhaps focus on Venetian art. I'm not prepared to do all that work and provide examples in this topic myself.

Most examples you'll find appear to be just like the Albion version: Venetian sword, circa 1480 (historismus?)

Here's something Spanish from around the same period. Note the style of ornamentation is quite different, the application and materials completely different, and this ornate sword was made for royalty.

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PostPosted: Tue 30 Dec, 2014 11:25 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Harri Kyllönen wrote:
A flat pommel of that type looks like a big and empty space without any decorations.


This sword's pommel isn't flat but heavily concaved.

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