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Old 19th August 2011, 01:03 AM   #1
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Like many others I was initially decieved by the woodcut illustrations of European swordsmen practicing with wooden dummy dusacks, and thought they depicted actual swords with the blade continued in front of the fingers like a knucklebow. Finding out that the objects depicted were wooden practice swords that did not closely resemble the real swords they represented has not entirely discouraged my interest in the concept/shape. In fact, I am currently engaged in making steel versions of these. I have heard that there are "period" examples of such objects as these bladed knucklebow steel swords, but have not been able to find any detailed info.
Does anyone know anything or have access to a photo of such a thing?
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Old 19th August 2011, 08:51 AM   #2
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found this one via google images search on 'dusack sword' (also try 'dussack' spelling variant)



parent site was in hungarian by the way

were a few more images of dusacks, mostly repros & woodcut prints. found one interesting japanese version you might want to see....



parent site in japanese

i've always assumed the hilts would be wrapped in leather to improve the grip.
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Thanks. One can see the relation in the European piece to bill hook handles with hooks.
The Japanese one is wicked looking.
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Thanks. One can see the relation in the European piece to bill hook handles with hooks.
The Japanese one is wicked looking.

yes, we discussed the beidanas

in this thread

they seem related.
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Old 3rd September 2011, 05:48 PM   #5
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I think you may find these threads helpfull:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...sinclair+saber
http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewto...er=asc&start=0

Also a new photo have surfaced... attributed to the Reichstadt Museum in Germany. 2nd photo for ease of browsing, entitled as "from Cervenkas book".
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Old 19th August 2011, 03:51 PM   #6
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duzhagge is my favorite fun spelling
I've pretty quickly found at least one other with the curled around knucklebow, and a plethora of repros of such, but specifically are there examples where the knuclebow is continuous to the edge as on the wooden dummies, and preferably is edged iteself? This is the kind I've been making, and they are not intended as reproductions, but I just wonder. Windlass made one like this, then didn't bevel the knucklebow. People seem to love the sharp knucklebow on mine....
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BTW the last time I googled this subject I came up with only wide-bladed hangers with ordinary guard-grip-pommel hilts. It's been a couple of years; things have progressed, and all the top listings are now concerning one-piece swords (albeit mostly with the curled/bill hook style knucklebow); my interest seems to coincide with that of others....
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