ripleycopa Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 This Saturday in the Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop I did an up scaled version of the naked pineapple twist that I used for the first time the Saturday before last when I made a letter opener out of 3/8 inch square stock. This week's project was a version of a short sword (stylistically a misericorde or stiletto) out of 3/4 inch square stock. It took a lot of hammer work to draw out and taper the conical blade to a point. Here are some pictures of the finished project along with some closeups of the handle and blade. The guard was 5/16 round stock inserted through a drilled hole in the handle and then forge welded. The twist was a standard pineapple twist without any chisel lines scored prior to twisting and reverse twisting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Stylistically a stiletto or misericord were daggers and NOT short swords, If you want a sword with a somewhat similar blade shape look up estoc or "tuck". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripleycopa Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 I did research the blade shape on Wiki and noticed the entry on estoc or tuck, but it did not have a photograph that I could compare it with the stiletto. You may be right in that my blade and handle are a bit too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 The problem is that "short sword" is too long for a stiletto or misericord and too short for an estoc. But as stiletto/misericord are daggers an so never longer the closest I could come up with is a broken off estoc/tuck (Or you are trying to put a medieval name to something that is not medieval...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripleycopa Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Actually, the blade was of secondary consideration to the handle twist. But the precise name was at best a guess; more of what it wasn't than any surety as to what it was in terms of medieval derivation. Probably from my vague memories of 50's swashbucklers where a swordsman would have a long foil or epee in one hand and something like what I forged in the less dominant hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 look up Main Gauche then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripleycopa Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 A great article on Wikipedia for Main Gauche. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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