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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Australia
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Hi Gonzalo,
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Many thanks for all those valid observations. That work of Beraiz is very good, as he makes quite a number of points not encountered elsewhere. Someone ought to translate it into English. On the matter of smaller hilts, Castle tells us that towards the end of the 16th century hilts were short so as to rest against the palm of the hand. My take on this, is that to achieve such a grip, a small pommel was a requisite - And I often speculated on how this influenced the balance of the long rapier, shifting the POB towards the point. It would be nice if curators could be persuaded to compile the important attributes of swords in their collections as then we could gain a much better understanding as to their inherent traits and how they were used. Quote:
Cheers Chris |
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