[Trond]

I usually try find blades in fairly good condition, but I bought a really pitted rapier from Hermann Historika some years ago - just because it was so pitted:


The grip was fairly nice, with the exception of the deep grooves compliments of some really bad storage:

But what intrigued me, was that it seemed to be in absolutely full length. I already have 'a late Viking bayonet' in my collection (there's only about 2/3 of the length there).


Anyhow, it is now hanging in the pink-painted livingroom at my summer cottage, together a with very modest blades collection - a total of four. My wife finds our home to so cramped with swords and blades that she demands (almost) weapon-free breathing space here.