Small sword; cut steel hilt, Colichemarde blade, for comments

Peter Hudson · 25th August 2021, 02:14 AM

This following extract from the Leon Paul Treatise at https://www.leonpaul.com/blog/the-de...-part-1/spells out one of the main reasons why the Small Sword was developed... Fashion! ....

Or as he explains Quote "During the reign of Louis XIII (1610-1643), there emerged a fashion for wearing short coats, which could not be worn elegantly with the long and cumbersome rapier. A shorter lighter court sword was required and blades were gradually reduced in length until by the 1640s a completely new weapon had evolved: the small sword. "Unquote,

Regards, Peter Hudson.

25th August 2021, 02:14 AM	#12
Peter Hudson Member Join Date: Jul 2020 Posts: 315	This following extract from the Leon Paul Treatise at https://www.leonpaul.com/blog/the-de...-part-1/spells out one of the main reasons why the Small Sword was developed... Fashion! .... Or as he explains Quote "During the reign of Louis XIII (1610-1643), there emerged a fashion for wearing short coats, which could not be worn elegantly with the long and cumbersome rapier. A shorter lighter court sword was required and blades were gradually reduced in length until by the 1640s a completely new weapon had evolved: the small sword. "Unquote, Regards, Peter Hudson.