A cup hilt sword ... atypical

M ELEY · 10th January 2016, 09:08 AM

An excellent acquisition, Fernando! As you stated, swords such as these did make it to sea. Contingents of soldiers were placed aboard the Treasure Fleets (for obvious reasons) and, in my opinion, to keep order in general. On English ships, it was the royal marines in charge of discipline and to discourage mutinies. In the case of Spanish and Portuguese ships, it was the common soldiers of the army. A shorter bladed sword such as this would have made a nice shipboard weapon.

fernando · 10th January 2016, 05:35 PM

Thsnk you Mark.
Always present when discussing these weapons ... as always careful when it touches mutiny issues

10th January 2016, 09:08 AM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,163	An excellent acquisition, Fernando! As you stated, swords such as these did make it to sea. Contingents of soldiers were placed aboard the Treasure Fleets (for obvious reasons) and, in my opinion, to keep order in general. On English ships, it was the royal marines in charge of discipline and to discourage mutinies. In the case of Spanish and Portuguese ships, it was the common soldiers of the army. A shorter bladed sword such as this would have made a nice shipboard weapon.

10th January 2016, 05:35 PM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Thsnk you Mark. Always present when discussing these weapons ... as always careful when it touches mutiny issues