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Bilbo (sword)
The bilbo is a type of 16th century, cut-and-thrust sword or small rapier formerly popular in America. They have well- tempered and flexible blades and were very popular aboard ships, where they were used similarly to a cutlass. The term comes from the Basque city of Bilbao, Bilbo in Basque, where the metal (bilbo steel) was extracted and later sent to Toledo, a city in the center of the Iberian peninsula, where these swords were forged and exported to the New World. These swords were also sold to merchants of every European nation, including England. Etymology Bilbo (Basque: Labana Bizkaitarra, Spanish: daga vizcaína (''Biscayne dagger'')) is an English catch-all word used to very generally refer to the "utilitarian" cup-hilt swords, found all over America. They usually had a wide, relatively short sturdy and well-tempered blade, were comparatively unadorned, and were considered practical and utilitarian. The grip was often covered with wire, rather than plain nut. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadsword By Heinrich Col, German (Solingen) Blade And Spanish Hilt, 1600-1650 - Higgins Armory Museum - DSC05620
The basket-hilted sword is a sword type of the early modern era characterised by a basket-shaped Hilt#Guard, guard that protects the hand. The basket hilt is a development of the quillons added to swords' crossguards since the Late Middle Ages. In modern times, this variety of sword is also sometimes referred to as the broadsword. The basket-hilted sword was generally in use as a military sword, in contrast with the rapier, the slim duelling sword worn with civilian dress during the same period, although each did find some use in both military and civilian contexts. A further distinction applied by arms historians and collectors is that a true broadsword possesses a double-edged blade, while similar wide-bladed swords with a single sharpened edge and a thickened back are called backswords. Various forms of basket-hilt were mounted on both broadsword and backsword blades. One of the weapon types in the modern German dueling sport of ("academic fencing") is the basket-hilted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
