Rapier for coments

werecow · 31st May 2022, 02:41 AM

I thought I'd add two similar ones I ran into recently. This first one is listed on a German site as "Rapier, deutsch um 1600". The inscription is hard to read but according to the seller it's "MERTEN STOS ME FECIT", which sounds German. The quillons are slightly different, maybe a slightly wider blade, different grip wire, wider pommel. Otherwise identical.

werecow · 31st May 2022, 02:43 AM

This second one is listed as "ENGLISH DUELING RAPIER C.1625". No thrust plate on this one, but the pommel is more similar. Marked "THOMAS D AIELES".

31st May 2022, 02:41 AM	#1
werecow Member Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Leiden, NL Posts: 553	I thought I'd add two similar ones I ran into recently. This first one is listed on a German site as "Rapier, deutsch um 1600". The inscription is hard to read but according to the seller it's "MERTEN STOS ME FECIT", which sounds German. The quillons are slightly different, maybe a slightly wider blade, different grip wire, wider pommel. Otherwise identical. Attached Images Last edited by werecow; 31st May 2022 at 01:41 PM.

31st May 2022, 02:43 AM	#2
werecow Member Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Leiden, NL Posts: 553	This second one is listed as "ENGLISH DUELING RAPIER C.1625". No thrust plate on this one, but the pommel is more similar. Marked "THOMAS D AIELES". Attached Images Last edited by werecow; 31st May 2022 at 01:43 PM.