I would like to moderate two statments or at least to bring my humble contribution.
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Originally Posted by fernando
have you never heard of Portuguese navigators acquiring blades from Venetian traders and go introduce them in India ? ... thus the Firangi attribution  .
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Portuguese and Venetians were competitors not business partners!
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Originally Posted by ariel
Of course, Italian trade blades went far an wide. And the sea-faring Portuguese like Almeida and Albuquerque were the perfect vehicle for their South Indian entry.
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I doubt that Almeida and Albuquerque's men gave or sold their blades to Indians they had some other business to do...
Rapier's blades were sold and reused when they started to be obsolete in Europe.
In short Portuguese sold their old crap from Goa long time after Almeida and Albuquerque...