Katzbalgers and Related Landsknecht Swords

Matchlock · 13th April 2009, 03:10 PM

Photographed at the Museum of London in 1997.

Michael

cornelistromp · 13th April 2009, 04:48 PM

Hi Michael,

extreme beautiful katzbalger, this one I discover for the first time now!
I think it has not been published yet.
thanks for posting this sword and of course also for posting all the pictures of Landsknechts(arms), it will be a great reference for me for future buying.

you should make a book by publishing this thread

btw. the tang does not show hammertraces

best regards

Matchlock · 12th May 2009, 08:42 PM

The first by Sebald Beham, the second by Erhard Schön, both 1530's.

Sorry for cutting them into two but that was the only way to save them from the web and retain them in reasonable size.

Michael

kisak · 12th May 2009, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matchlock

Sorry for cutting them into two but that was the only way to save them from the web and retain them in reasonable size.

I think I can help a bit with that.

Matchlock · 13th May 2009, 06:26 PM

Great, Kisak,

Thank you!

Would you consider becoming my private computer tutor?

Michael

Matchlock · 14th May 2009, 06:08 PM

From:

Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re mlitari (On military equipment), 1512.

Note the curved quillons as a pre-stage to the figure 8 Katzbalger quillons which do not seem to have evolved before ca. 1510.

Michael

Matchlock · 14th May 2009, 06:14 PM

More from that imortant source.

Michael

13th April 2009, 03:10 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A Fine and Important Katzbalger from the Guard of the Emperor Charles V, ca. 1520 Photographed at the Museum of London in 1997. Michael Attached Images

12th May 2009, 08:42 PM	#3
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Two very rare Nuremberg woodcuts The first by Sebald Beham, the second by Erhard Schön, both 1530's. Sorry for cutting them into two but that was the only way to save them from the web and retain them in reasonable size. Michael Attached Images

14th May 2009, 06:08 PM	#6
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	From: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re mlitari (On military equipment), 1512. Note the curved quillons as a pre-stage to the figure 8 Katzbalger quillons which do not seem to have evolved before ca. 1510. Michael Attached Images

14th May 2009, 06:14 PM	#7
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	More from that imortant source. Michael Attached Images

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13th April 2009, 04:48 PM	#2
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,060	Hi Michael, extreme beautiful katzbalger, this one I discover for the first time now! I think it has not been published yet. thanks for posting this sword and of course also for posting all the pictures of Landsknechts(arms), it will be a great reference for me for future buying. you should make a book by publishing this thread btw. the tang does not show hammertraces best regards

13th May 2009, 06:26 PM	#5
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Great, Kisak, Thank you! Would you consider becoming my private computer tutor? Michael