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ulfberth · 5th July 2016, 08:55 AM

Hello Ed and Jim,

I agree with Jim and have no doubt that the pommel and the crossguard belong together, they are from the same hand, same style and carvings.
The carvings of the pommel even come back in the quillion block, it seems the sword was cleaned thoroughly at on or more points in time and now has a brownish layer on it , probably old oil or varnish.
The first part of the blade keeps me busy , I have not been able to find another example like this. Here is a sword of similar typology and it has the more common type of blade were it enters the quillion block, please feel free to comment.

kind regards

Ulfberth

5th July 2016, 08:55 AM	#10
ulfberth Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 382	Hello Ed and Jim, I agree with Jim and have no doubt that the pommel and the crossguard belong together, they are from the same hand, same style and carvings. The carvings of the pommel even come back in the quillion block, it seems the sword was cleaned thoroughly at on or more points in time and now has a brownish layer on it , probably old oil or varnish. The first part of the blade keeps me busy , I have not been able to find another example like this. Here is a sword of similar typology and it has the more common type of blade were it enters the quillion block, please feel free to comment. kind regards Ulfberth Attached Images Last edited by ulfberth; 5th July 2016 at 09:21 AM.