Picked this up before Christmas.
It has a Bronze cast handle of women,goat,dagger & pan. {tormented faces with skullcaps on ends of crossgaurd, & cast scabbard of cathedral, crosses, alter candals etc.
It is just under 14 inches long. Both sides of scabbard are identical.
I have a few questians about it. Greatfull for any help.
1, Country of Origin? {I understand France & Germany are the commonest?}
2, Age of handle & scabbard?
3, origin, age & type of blade, a collector friend suggested its been cut & reshaped from the center section of 16th centry a Swiss Baslard blade or similar?
It would also be nice to see other exampls of these...
Both the blade & the reworking of it & the scabbard all seem very high quality.
The blade locks by friction in the scabbard in the last mm of movement. The scabbard is lined with what I think is solidified blue velvet.
Hopefully at least some of the questians about it even if not all can be answered here?
All veiws & thoughts welcome.
Thanks.
Spiral
