Excelent, Jeff.
It just fits. I didn't know the name, so i wouldn't figure out for myself.
I can now see that VI is in fact an M, as i already suspected when i saw it with a glass. Yhe othere problem is that the E and D for Toledo are not in a regular font. I am so much obliged for your help.
Hi Jim, thanks for the input.
Perhaps this unit has never left Spain. It was bought yesterday in a street market in Vila Nove de Cerveira, a little town some twenty miles away from Spain. There is a couple Galitian sellers allways in this fair. Although i bought this from a Portuguese guy, there is a strong chance it had been belong to the Spaniards, as fair sellers intersell and interchange very often their stuff.
Or it could as well being bought by a Portuguese in the period, as it massively happened. In any case i am most probably facing a blade from the beginning of the XVI century ... for 50 Euros ( $68 ).
Olá Chris, como estás?
This blade weighs 453 grams ( 1 pound), its section is lenticular and its edges are sharp ... not accutely, but i think i can call them sharp.
I have already started browsing the Net on Tomas Aiala, as i wonder what type of mountings this blade would have.
I don't think it has been made for these complex basket rapiers, as it doesn't have a ricasso. Maybe for a more simple military weapon.
I wish Marc, or any of you, would come around, to give an idea, or even a picture of what its handle and hilt could be
kind regards
fernando