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Nathan Robinson
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PostPosted: Fri 24 Aug, 2007 7:54 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I suspect that some of the difficulty in finding images of surviving originals is that many are in the type of condition shown below.


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PostPosted: Fri 24 Aug, 2007 10:56 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nathan Robinson wrote:
Here's another. Just a phone. No details, though.




Nathan, I have the following photo, not sure where I got it from though.

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PostPosted: Fri 24 Aug, 2007 11:04 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

A few links to an auction site:

http://www.veilingopbrengsten.nl/Webalbum/tho..._frame.htm
http://www.veilingopbrengsten.nl/Webalbum/tho..._frame.htm

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PostPosted: Sat 25 Aug, 2007 4:15 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Nathan:
My Messer was made by Jan Chodkiewicz, who has posted his work in the Makers forum (ballock dagger). He's obviously a Polish producer, lives in Gdansk.
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PostPosted: Tue 11 Sep, 2007 5:00 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I have a couple more photos to share.

Hauschwert, Deutschland um 1530.

A Rare German Sword, circa 1530.
A slightly curved, single-edged blade with fullers on both sides and a double-edged point. Simple, 'S'-shaped and curved quillons. Wooden hilt plates and lunashaped pommel. Length 101 cm



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PostPosted: Tue 11 Sep, 2007 5:03 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

And a couple more.

Schwert zu Anderthalb Hand oder 'Langes Messer', Deutschland um 1550

A German Hand-and-a-Half Sword or 'Long Knife', circa 1550.
Slightly curved single-edged blade and double shallow grooves on either side. Twisted and straigt iron quillons and guard ring. Wooden shaft grip. Length 108 cm.



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PostPosted: Tue 11 Sep, 2007 8:10 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Awesome, Nathan.

Nathan Robinson wrote:
I have a couple more photos to share.

Hauschwert, Deutschland um 1530.

A Rare German Sword, circa 1530.
A slightly curved, single-edged blade with fullers on both sides and a double-edged point. Simple, 'S'-shaped and curved quillons. Wooden hilt plates and lunashaped pommel. Length 101 cm


This appears to be the same one that Danny linked to above, but it's nice to have it within the thread anyway, in case that auction disappears.

The second one you posted is interesting to me. Lutel made one very similar to that. It's interesting because it doesn't have the characteristic rivets so typical in most messers. Cool stuff!

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PostPosted: Tue 11 Sep, 2007 8:36 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Bill Grandy wrote:
it's nice to have it within the thread anyway, in case that auction disappears.

My thoughts exactly.

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PostPosted: Tue 11 Sep, 2007 9:09 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

How about a woodcut of messer-men from the Triumph of Maximilian:

http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/8025.html
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PostPosted: Wed 12 Sep, 2007 10:07 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Caleb Hallgren wrote:
How about a woodcut of messer-men from the Triumph of Maximilian:

http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/8025.html


Fascinating how some of the blades look like they have false edges and / or fullers or ridges down the center.

It's also interesting how these guys have shields, what kind of troop type do you call that? Am I right to assume they are landskenchts .. ? Never heard of messer and shield men in landsknecht companies before

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PostPosted: Wed 12 Sep, 2007 5:39 pm    Post subject: SIngle side ring/side bar?         Reply with quote

I've noticed that many messers have a single side ring, or downward curving bar. Why only one and, not two? It seems as if the purpose of the side ring would be to protect the hand, or help catch an opponents blade suring a defensive maneuver.
But only one side? Wouldn't two have been better?
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PostPosted: Wed 12 Sep, 2007 10:29 pm    Post subject: Re: SIngle side ring/side bar?         Reply with quote

Mike West wrote:
I've noticed that many messers have a single side ring, or downward curving bar. Why only one and, not two? It seems as if the purpose of the side ring would be to protect the hand, or help catch an opponents blade suring a defensive maneuver.
But only one side? Wouldn't two have been better?


While I doubt anyone truly knows, I suspect a couple of reasons:

-Less metal means a less expensive weapon
-Having one side "ringless" is more comfortable for wearing at the belt

Also, having done my fair share of fencing with these weapons, and similar weapons, the outside of the hand is much more vulnerable to attack than the other side, so while, yes, two rings is more protective, it isn't a significant difference.

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PostPosted: Thu 13 Dec, 2007 3:32 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Hi all,

Sorry to reply to this old thread, but I think I can add something.

I have done much research on German "Messers" and "Bauernwehren" and I have also written a short article about this topic (only in German). I think you have to see many weapons, which are normally seen individually, in a larger context. There is a tendency towards single edged, riveted weapons since the 14th century that reaches its peak from the second half of the 15th to the early 16th century. The ancesters of all these riveted weapons seems to have been the riveted knives that come up in the 10th/11th century, but become popular in the 13th/14th century. From these knives, a certain kind of defensive weapon developed - the so-called "Bauernwehr". This weapon is hard to define; you have to get a lot of training to recognize them. Characteristics are a single edged blade, a total length above ~25 cms and a riveted tang. Those Bauernwehren could reach lengths up to 90 cms and more. From these weapons, a variety of other weapons spread across Europe - all having single edged blades, a riveted tang and being asymmetrical. The "Lange Messer" must be seen in this context. What distinguishes the Messer from the Bauernwehr is the fact that a Bauernwehr NEVER has a crossguard. They have constructions called "Knebel" oder "Nagel" in German, but no crossguard. In contrast, a "Messer" ALWAYS has some kind of crossguard.

Therefore this pictures shows no Messer, but a large weapon in the tradition of the "Bauernwehr":



Maybe I will translate my article and present it to you, if you are interested. Unfortunately, I can't name many (literary) sources, as most of it is based on many years of experience and looking at hundreds of originals. Literature doesn't deal with this particular devolpment much, and the Bauernwehren are almost never discussed.

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PostPosted: Thu 13 Dec, 2007 9:42 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Peter Grassmann wrote:
Maybe I will translate my article and present it to you, if you are interested.


Hi Peter,
I know I, for one, would definately be interested!

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PostPosted: Fri 25 Jan, 2008 6:23 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Another example from Hermann Historica.

Interesting how straight the blade is. I'd like to know of its geometry.

circa 1520. A straight, single-edged blade with a smith mark stamped twice on one side. Straight quillons with oval cross-section. Shell-shaped guard plate. Grooved grip with leather cover. Length 102 cm.
Rare edged weapon of the early Landsknecht period.



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PostPosted: Sun 10 Feb, 2008 3:42 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Happy Some kind of game card from around year 1500 with messer's on it.
Hope it fit's in here! Cool

Link to more info about the card and not the messer's on it



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PostPosted: Sun 10 Feb, 2008 3:56 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Peter Grassmann wrote:


Maybe I will translate my article and present it to you, if you are interested. Unfortunately, I can't name many (literary) sources, as most of it is based on many years of experience and looking at hundreds of originals. Literature doesn't deal with this particular devolpment much, and the Bauernwehren are almost never discussed.

Best regards,
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I would love to read this article too.
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PostPosted: Sun 10 Feb, 2008 4:01 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Patrik Erik Lars Lindblom wrote:
Happy Some kind of game card from around year 1500 with messer's on it.
Hope it fit's in here! Cool

Link to more info about the card and not the messer's on it


Nice find, Patrik! Those look very much like the messers in the Peter Falkner fechtbuch, in fact.

I'm glad this thread got bumped, actually. I've been studying more and more messerfechten, and its fast becoming one of my favorite weapon styles. It is a very beautiful art form for such a "common" weapon. Happy

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PostPosted: Mon 11 Feb, 2008 12:35 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

There's a double-clipped messer at upper left here. The painting is Austrian or German, ca. 1500.


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PostPosted: Sat 14 Jun, 2008 1:54 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Here's one of my own:
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/65/12...653136.jpg


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