Extendable Rapiers

[Jerseyman]

In 2012 the Wallace Collection in London staged an exhibition entitled 'The Noble Art of the Sword' with weapons drawn from many European collections, including the Royal Armouries. I took many pictures including some of the RA's extendable rapier.

I'm not sure just how practicable the design would be - unless I'm misreading the structure of the sword it doesn't actually look as if the actual length from pommel to point would change. Only the position of the guard. I may be wrong.

Apologies for the quality of the pics - as usual it's difficult getting good shots through reflective glass.

[fernando]

Thanks for the nice addition to the thread subject, Jerseyman .

[fernando]

I was paging a catalog from the Scheweizerischen Landesmuseum and found a good picture of one these "growing" swords.
It looks like, after all, there are quite a few of them around.

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