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17th March 2012, 02:05 PM

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BerberDagger

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Quote:

Originally Posted by G. McCormack

Lovely sword! But the pommel is almost certainly a modern replacement. What do you all think?

I aggree , the pommel is very unusual , very crude, and olso top spike is very unusual and thin for a weapon . But schiavona swords are frequently composed with pieces of different period... the schiavona was used here in Venice from 1550 to 1880 ....

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