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midelburgo · 26th October 2021, 12:09 PM

My apologies for resurrecting this thread.

I got a new cup hilt rapier a couple of hours ago, and it seems the blade maker is the same swordsmith as the one from the sword in this thread.

In its fullers I can read:

X M X P E T E R X T E S C H (E)

X B E R G X H A V C E N

Which thanks to this thread I know it means Berghausen.
It seems (http://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.27735.html) that an Alsatian Peter Tesch(e) was active in 1636-1657.

I believe the hilt of my sword is a bit later than that. Although the grotesco decoration and the almost dish cup with point breakers seem arcaic, the lack of "ears" at the pass d'ane, could be later in the XVIIth century (sellers pictures).

The thing has 1 meter blade and 116cm total length. Actually Berghausen is now in that artificial state called Rhenania-Palatinate.
PD. Berghausen was historically part of that mess, the archbishopric of Köln.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckli...%B6llinghausen

26th October 2021, 12:09 PM	#27
midelburgo Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 248	My apologies for resurrecting this thread. I got a new cup hilt rapier a couple of hours ago, and it seems the blade maker is the same swordsmith as the one from the sword in this thread. In its fullers I can read: X M X P E T E R X T E S C H (E) X B E R G X H A V C E N Which thanks to this thread I know it means Berghausen. It seems (http://myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.27735.html) that an Alsatian Peter Tesch(e) was active in 1636-1657. I believe the hilt of my sword is a bit later than that. Although the grotesco decoration and the almost dish cup with point breakers seem arcaic, the lack of "ears" at the pass d'ane, could be later in the XVIIth century (sellers pictures). The thing has 1 meter blade and 116cm total length. Actually Berghausen is now in that artificial state called Rhenania-Palatinate. PD. Berghausen was historically part of that mess, the archbishopric of Köln. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckli...%B6llinghausen Attached Images Last edited by midelburgo; 26th October 2021 at 12:43 PM.