Swords 15th century?

stekemest · 29th July 2016, 06:43 PM

Doesn't look like 15th century to me. Probably not even historicism, I would tend more to a 20th century reproduction.

ulfberth · 29th July 2016, 07:18 PM

Hi all,

these are definitely no forging work of the 16th century and yes to straight, the grooves in the pommel look wrong and the twisted crossguard to.
The pictures are not detailed enough to give more detailed reasons but as Stekemest has already mentioned probably not even 19th C either.
It looks as if both of these swords are work of the same hands, just a few details like the end of the fuller is almost identical on both blades, the work and even the odd color of the pommels is alike, separately these observations might prove nothing but in this case if you ad them all up it becomes obvious.

Kind regards

Ulfberth

mariusgmioc · 30th July 2016, 07:37 AM

Just to add that the hilts are same material and exactly the same condition on both swords...

After all the comments I believe the conclusion is quite obvious.

corrado26 · 30th July 2016, 02:53 PM

Many thanks for all your comments which confirmed my impression of the swords. I'll send them to the owner hoping that he will be able to read the English answers.
corrado26

29th July 2016, 06:43 PM	#1
stekemest Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Posts: 182	Doesn't look like 15th century to me. Probably not even historicism, I would tend more to a 20th century reproduction.

29th July 2016, 07:18 PM	#2
ulfberth Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 382	Hi all, these are definitely no forging work of the 16th century and yes to straight, the grooves in the pommel look wrong and the twisted crossguard to. The pictures are not detailed enough to give more detailed reasons but as Stekemest has already mentioned probably not even 19th C either. It looks as if both of these swords are work of the same hands, just a few details like the end of the fuller is almost identical on both blades, the work and even the odd color of the pommels is alike, separately these observations might prove nothing but in this case if you ad them all up it becomes obvious. Kind regards Ulfberth

30th July 2016, 07:37 AM	#3
mariusgmioc Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Austria Posts: 1,882	Just to add that the hilts are same material and exactly the same condition on both swords... After all the comments I believe the conclusion is quite obvious.

30th July 2016, 02:53 PM	#4
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,171	Many thanks for all your comments which confirmed my impression of the swords. I'll send them to the owner hoping that he will be able to read the English answers. corrado26