Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - A Fine Saxon Two Hand Processional Flamberg Sword, ca. 1590

Matchlock · 23rd July 2011, 04:07 PM

The heavy 15th and early 16th c. Landsknecht two hand swords were of different form and used by the Doppelsöldner to brandish with great force in order to destroy the opponents' long pikes. They usually had straight blades.

By the late 16th century, they had all had become mere bearing or processional swords and changed their form.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...sknecht+swords

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ht+hand+swords

Best,
Michael

23rd July 2011, 04:07 PM	#4
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	The heavy 15th and early 16th c. Landsknecht two hand swords were of different form and used by the Doppelsöldner to brandish with great force in order to destroy the opponents' long pikes. They usually had straight blades. By the late 16th century, they had all had become mere bearing or processional swords and changed their form. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...sknecht+swords http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ht+hand+swords Best, Michael