Thread: left hand sword
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Old 17th October 2008, 12:43 AM   #15
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I would suggest that it's something like a coustille, which is not a left-handed weapon, but rather an intermediate between a sword and a dagger, meant for close quarters or for where swords were not allowed, but daggers could be carried.

Coustilles were Renaissance weapons, and I'm not sure of the age on your specimen.

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