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Swords

May 3, 2022 1 min read

Chiseled Lasso Sword, Sebastián Hernández, the Elder (16th century)

GUARNITION: bow or bridges, well characterized. Beautifully chiseled and inlaid with silver, in delicate work by an expert jeweler. Voluminous pommel, weapon balancer, which rests on a ferrule...

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Swords

April 30, 2022 1 min read

Bow sword with ovoid pommel, Sebastián Hernández, the elder (16th century)

GARNISH: made of ribbon, made of white steel iron and chiseled only on the obverse. Arriaz formed by two flat and curved hawks in the opposite direction, in...

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Swords

April 30, 2022 2 min read

Lasso Sword, Sebastián Hernández, the Elder (16th century)

GARNISHING: golden iron bow. It has seven guards and two sideburns. The hawks are flat, openwork and turned in the opposite direction, with a beak escutcheon in the...

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Swords

April 29, 2022 1 min read

Greatsword Sebastián Hernández, the Elder (16th century)

GARNISH: burnished steel cross. Large fist for two-handed use, made of wood and wire with very tight metal twist. Knob in the shape of a top and also...

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Swords

April 29, 2022 2 min read

Sword of Pythons, Lope Aguado 1567 (16th century)

GARNISH: white steel iron. Pyramid-shaped knob decorated with golden grooves and high knob with crest. Tapered wooden handle, silver wire, in lozenges and with two rings or grooved...

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Swords

April 29, 2022 1 min read

Mounting Sword, Lopus Aguado (16th century)

GARNISH: iron with traces of fire gilding. Mushroom-shaped knob without knob. The cuff, long for use with two hands, is lined with velvet and wired without ferrules. Arriaz...

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