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Originally Posted by ulfberth
Jean Luc,
thank you for showing me the detail from up close, after being able to see the structure of the metal and the way it is forged I'm sure the guard is early 17th C or even late 16th C.
Kind regards
Ulfberth
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this is 100% the opposite of your statement from post #20 and onwards.
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Originally Posted by ulfberth
Im sorry but the guard is just not 16th C, at best 17th or even 18th C and indeed assembled with the fighting blade for further use as a ceremonial or a sword of justice.
If we look at the alloy and metal surface of the cross guard we see it is different than that of the blade, it is also forged in a different manner.
Ulfberth
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So from definitely a later applied hilt it's back to maybe the original hilt?