Jul 29, 2019
A beautiful complex-hilted “Bastard” Sword,
OaL: 48.8 in/124 cm
Blade: 40.4 in/102.6 cm
Weight: 3.8 lbs/1.7 kg
German, ca. 1550-1590, housed at the Royal Armouries Self Defense Gallery in Leeds.
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A beautiful complex-hilted “Bastard” Sword,
OaL: 48.8 in/124 cm
Blade: 40.4 in/102.6 cm
Weight: 3.8 lbs/1.7 kg
German, ca. 1550-1590, housed at the Royal Armouries Self Defense Gallery in Leeds.
A beautiful complex-hilted Longsword,
OaL: 37.6 in/95.4 cm
Width: 1.3 in/3.2 cm
Weight: 6.9 lbs/3.13 kg
Swiss hilt and Spanish blade, ca. 1600-1625, housed at the Wallace Collection.
A complex-hilted Longsword,
OaL: 50.5 in/128.3 cm
Blade: 41.1 in/104.4 cm
Width: 10.5 in/26.7 cm
Weight: 3.8 lbs/1729 g
possibly Swiss, ca. early 17th century, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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