Swept Hilt Rapier – Urgent help needed?

[Dmitry]

Originally Posted by Cathey

Hi, the sword has never had intersecting parts between the rings and this is quite common of swords of this age. The blade has been heavily cleaned/buffed. I am resonably confident in the blade as it is extremely long and flexible. Most copies I have seen are considerably shorter.

Cheers Cathey

I did not suggest that the blade or the hilt were replicas.
Again [in my meager experience] unaltered period examples of this style, without the rear branches, are uncommon.
I guess I was lead astray by the title of this thread - "Urgent Help Needed".
You appear to be quite confident that the sword is right. Please post some better photos of the hilt, once you acquire it!