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16th Century Brass Basket Rapier

16th Century Brass Basket Rap...


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AHB ID:	R000195
D-SKU:	AH3341

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16th Century Brass Basket Rapier

Both the reitschwert and the rapier sprang from the same root, the mid-fifteenth- century- arming- sword. During the 1460s in the Iberian peninsula this had developed a hilt more complex than the old medieval cross hilt, for at about that time Spanish fighting men had perceived that the sword was the only weapon which could be used equally well for defense and attack. Because of this, a man with a sword could look after himself even if he wore no armor, for he cold put aside all attacks on him by parrying the thrusts or strokes of other weapons with the blade of his sword. Such action, however, had its own perils. A sword held with the fore-finger of the right hand passed over the outside arm of the cross can be controlled better and used more powerfully, particularly in parrying, than if the finger is safe inside the guard of the cross; but when it is beyond this protection there is a risk that the parried blade may slide down the parrying one and slice the finger off. So an extra guard, a small ring or branch, was devised just in front of the cross to protect the finger.

By the 1530s, extra guards had been added to the basic form of the espada ropera hilt, making a simple, yet very effective, hilt which was still popular a century later, when it was often fitted to the long rapier. After 1550 more elaborate guards came into use, the infinite complexities of which baffle description and defy classification.

Manufactured by Deepeeka, this museum quality historic replica sword features a high carbon steel blade with a full tang.

Product Details:
NAME: 16th Century Brass Basket Rapier
TYPE: Replica
MANUFACTURER: Deepeeka
SKU: AH3341:

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