Old 5th December 2007, 05:08 PM
Posted by:
katana
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Kent
Excellent thread....excellent information.
I have added this Rapier bladed Firangi to this thread, at Jim's suggestion.
The blade is likely mid to late 17th C - early 18th C. and has a dot pattern, consisting of a row of 4 dots with a singular dot above the third dot. After reading Fernando's post regarding the number 14, I thought it could be a symbollic mark to this effect. I remember from a previous thread that Jim had mentioned that German armourers had used 'dot patterns' as maker's marks....and could be the case here (on the Rapier blade)
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Last edited by fernando; 20th October 2017 at 11:11 AM.
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