View Single Post
Old 22nd October 2009, 02:10 PM   #23
Matchlock
(deceased)
 
Matchlock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
Default

Hi Cornelis,

My friend thinks that your item is a Netherlandish sword (Haudegen) of about 1620, early Thirty Years' War.

I can hardly really differentiate betwen those types, except that the riveted point on the pommel is much larger on later pieces.

best,
Michael
Matchlock is offline   Reply With Quote