Flamberg Two-hand Swords, late 16th-Early-17th Century

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Swordfish

... No serious collector should have such swords in his collection...

This is a bit of a drastic way to put it, but perfectly coherent.
If i was offered one, i wouldn't throw it away but i wouldn't give it a prime display and, even if i could afford, i wouldn't go look for a specimen.
... Whereas a real combat two handed sword sounds to me highly collectible and a serious competitor to a sword collection ex-libris status.
Two handed swords are called "montante" (mounting=raising) over here; they were the elegible weapon carried by most nobility in combat during the discoveries period (XVI century).

[fernando]

A couple XVI century montantes in the Lisbon Military Museum

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