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Arms Historian
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Exactly!!! You can see how the blade makes a difference. A pallasche is yet another European term for a full length heavy straight blade sword. In Europe however, while the pallasche was a heavy, straight hacking and chopping sword, often a rider wore a saber at his side, and had a straight thrusting sword termed 'tuck' (estoc) under his leg saddle mounted. In the Rembrandt painting it is hard to determine if this sword under the right leg is a tuck or pallasche, but the intent is to show the manner these were carried. |
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