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ulfberth · 29th July 2016, 07:18 PM

Hi all,

these are definitely no forging work of the 16th century and yes to straight, the grooves in the pommel look wrong and the twisted crossguard to.
The pictures are not detailed enough to give more detailed reasons but as Stekemest has already mentioned probably not even 19th C either.
It looks as if both of these swords are work of the same hands, just a few details like the end of the fuller is almost identical on both blades, the work and even the odd color of the pommels is alike, separately these observations might prove nothing but in this case if you ad them all up it becomes obvious.

Kind regards

Ulfberth

29th July 2016, 07:18 PM	#6
ulfberth Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 382	Hi all, these are definitely no forging work of the 16th century and yes to straight, the grooves in the pommel look wrong and the twisted crossguard to. The pictures are not detailed enough to give more detailed reasons but as Stekemest has already mentioned probably not even 19th C either. It looks as if both of these swords are work of the same hands, just a few details like the end of the fuller is almost identical on both blades, the work and even the odd color of the pommels is alike, separately these observations might prove nothing but in this case if you ad them all up it becomes obvious. Kind regards Ulfberth