art-of-swords:German Two-handed SwordDated: circa 1520-30Measurements: blade 132 cm; overall le
art-of-swords:German Two-handed SwordDated: circa 1520-30Measurements: blade 132 cm; overall length 180 cmStrong double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section cut with a shallow fuller at the forte and with additional short fullers over the sides of the ricasso formed with a pair of basal lugs. It is truck with a mark, a flower, both within the fuller and at the base of the lugs on both sides.Later was added an iron hilt of writhen bars, comprising straight massive quillons with double inner-and outer-rings. The former with chiselled knop terminals and the latter each interrupted by chiselled mouldings. The sword comes with a large spirally fluted globular pommel, and leather-covered grip formed in two moulded stages. Source: © Hermann HistoricaOooh, zweihänder. Everybody loves a zweihänder. -- source link
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