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Old 8th February 2017, 07:38 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Battara
Although it looks fantasy to me, the ring could be in the right place depending one how you would hold it. Some Spanish swords have a ring in this same place, which does also make me think Spain as well.
so, in spanish, it's an espada ancha

many early european swords/rapiers were held with a finger over the crossguard protected by a loop, some less protective than this one.

looks like a nice hunting bone chopper, part of a gamekeeper's trousse? dressing a deer can get slippery, a ring would help. ditto if dismembering a human. would make a nice side-arm. i note it hangs edge up in it's scabbard. (fernando cross posted at the same time i edited this -GMTA )

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