Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Very Old Firangi with Rapier blade in need of restoration.

Jens Nordlunde · 2nd December 2007, 09:55 PM

Hi David,

How many Indian firangis have you seen with a rapier blade?

If you have not seen many, what gives you the thought that the Indians had adopted the rapier?

I don’t think they had, and if a few Indians, maybe, had learned to fight with a blade like that, does not mean that they could/would have used this skill when it came to a battle, where all the others fought in another way. Until further I would think it is a sword for show, more than a fighting sword.

Jens

2nd December 2007, 09:55 PM	#20
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,713	Hi David, How many Indian firangis have you seen with a rapier blade? If you have not seen many, what gives you the thought that the Indians had adopted the rapier? I don’t think they had, and if a few Indians, maybe, had learned to fight with a blade like that, does not mean that they could/would have used this skill when it came to a battle, where all the others fought in another way. Until further I would think it is a sword for show, more than a fighting sword. Jens