A Russian bardische 17th/18th century. The head formed as a long flat knife-like blade with convex cutting edge, the base drawn out to a flattened prong attached to the haft, pierced with two series of circular holes following the strongly dished contours of the back edges, the latter additionally decorated with small panels of cusped ornament in the upper half, and short socket retained by four nails along the back and an iron cap nailed over the top: on its original faceted wooden haft, flattened and widening below the socket and carved with a , Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
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Keywords: 17th, 18th, arm, arms, bardische, baronial, century, formed, head, melee, militaria, military, rapier, rapiers, russian, sword, swords, thrusting, weapon, weapons
