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Originally Posted by Micke D
Hi Jasper!
Do you have any measurements for that nice messer?
Is it your's? How old is it?
/Micke D
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Hi Micke D,
All I can say is that I would date Jasper's
Messer to ca. 1490-1400, and that is exactly the period this thread is all about, the high time of the
Landsknechte. The short and heavily swamped quillons are characteristic for the Late Gothic stylistic period.
A very nice and nearly identical
Messer or
Seitenwehr is illustrated in Johann von Schwarzenberg's
Die Bambergische Peinliche Halsgerichtsordnung (Constitutio Criminalis Bambergensis) of 1507. This illustration was originally posted by our member Samik earlier in this thread.
I am sure Jasper will give you the measurements you required.
Best,
Michael