Boar Sword???

[Phil Patrick]

This post goes out to all you sword making folks. Ever hear of a boar sword? It is really too long of a story to explain why I am asking. I have seen boar hunting spears, and I have seen footage of people hunting them with dogs and knives, ( a little too up close and personal for my taste!), but this is new to me.
As usual, any info is much appreciated!

thanks.

[HWooldridge]

It's a long, straight "pig sticker". Was more popular in Europe than in America. Same principle as the spear but just a single long blade.

[youngsmith]

I have a book, Swords and Daggers by Fredrick Wilkinson that has a couple of pictures but they look like a simple design with a square crossbar hole about a foot or so down the blade. They don't look to have edge bevels after the crossbar hole. Though one them has an area that is flamebladed or wavy but i think that that is just for show.

[ThomasPowers]

What he said, I'll try to look though my books for some examples; but may be a while as I have to unpack the truck from my week of camping with my forge at Estrella.

[Phil Patrick]

thanks everyone!

[Hephaestus]

hehe. when you said boar sword it made me think of a rapier-style sword i saw once from the anglo-boar war.

[pete46]

Hephaestus,where are you located? Oh how's the limp?

[MooseRidge]

Thomas,

BTW.... How are you called in the Society? I've retired....

Don Nikolai Nabokov

MooseRidge is so much "quieter".....

Originally Posted by ThomasPowers

What he said, I'll try to look though my books for some examples; but may be a while as I have to unpack the truck from my week of camping with my forge at Estrella.

[ThomasPowers]

Master Wilelm the Smith, College of St Golias, Kingdom of the Outlands. (currently)

I celebrate my 30th year in the SCA this fall mainly through changing kingdoms a number of times due to job changes and a stubborn ignoring of politics, even so they finally caught up to me and gave me the shrubbery! (OL).