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Old 17th March 2012, 02:05 PM   #17
BerberDagger
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Originally Posted by G. McCormack
Lovely sword! But the pommel is almost certainly a modern replacement. What do you all think?
I aggree , the pommel is very unusual , very crude, and olso top spike is very unusual and thin for a weapon . But schiavona swords are frequently composed with pieces of different period... the schiavona was used here in Venice from 1550 to 1880 ....
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