peter fontenla Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Hello everyone !!! I hope they are well and are taking care of these difficult times. I want to show you this 17th century Spanish style rapier with an iron cup garnish, decorated with a mixed technique, engraved with pneumatic airgraver and opus interrasile (openwork work) with foliar motifs. It has a thin and straight blade, forged style, made of 5160 steel, two-sided, with two edges throughout. Wooden scabbard lined in black velvet with curb and brass tip. Total weight 900 grs Blade length 100 centimeters from the cup. 6.5mm at the fort and drops to 3m at the tip. the total length 117 Centimeters Balance point seven centimeters from the cup. it feels light and fast in the hand. hope you like!!!! best regards 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Wow That is a great piece! 1 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Beautiful! That looks like you just took it off the wall of a museum! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 yes, that is a real work of art and craft. I am really impressed. 1 please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Keown Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Lovely work but I see screws that need timed. 1 1 Von Gruff http://www.vongruffknives.com/ The ability to do comes with doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter fontenla Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Garry Keown said: Lovely work but I see screws that need timed. Thank you very much for the answers, I am very pleased that you liked it, excuse my poor English. Screws may seem anachronistic, but this rapier sword is an interpretation of the late first or second quarter of the 17th century, they are more elaborate mugs and generally carry screws. They are not well appreciated in the photos, but they are handmade and chiseled, as they were used back then. I am attaching a couple of original photos from which we have been inspired. thank you very much again for your words, kind regards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Christenberry Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Beautiful sword, Peter. What Garry was referring to by saying "I see some screws that need timed" was that the slots in the screws need to end up going the same direction. As in either vertical or horizontal. 2 Chris www.chrischristenberry.com WHEW!!! If I could only know now what I "thought" I knew back then.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter fontenla Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Chris Christenberry said: Beautiful sword, Peter. What Garry was referring to by saying "I see some screws that need timed" was that the slots in the screws need to end up going the same direction. As in either vertical or horizontal. Ohh !!!Sorry! now I understand!! Of course! Is right!!! Thank you very much for the clarification!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Stephens Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Stunning work! 1 -----------------------------------------------"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly." -- Theodore Roosevelthttp://stephensforge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Detrick Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Holy crap, that is amazing work! I thought it was a well preserved museum piece at first. 1 “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer." -Albert Camus http://www.krakenforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Toneguzzo Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 That’s fantastic Peter, I agree with Alan and Wes. Looks like it came out of a museum! 1 "Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes" - Tom HALL - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Beautiful work! It really does look like a museum piece. Inspiering! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard van Dijk Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 What a fantastic job, congrats. 1 Richard van Dijk My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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