With the opening of our new Sword Cutlers' shop near the harbor in Melioria, we, the Swordsmiths of the island, are pleased to begin offering our first releases of authentic 18th century edged Weapons for purchase by Gentlemen of Fashionable Tastes and Good Judgement.
"A Sword cutler's shop" from Diderot's Encyclopedia, which served as the inspiration and guide for the swordsmith's shop on Melioria
The pieces offered for sale at present include firstly, an unscripted Fencing Foil of the general pattern developed primarily in Northern Italy and Germany and commonly employed from around 1720 to 1800. When this form of foil is used in the various German principalities, they are sometimes caller "parisers" as they are designed for fighting in the french fashion, stabbing with the point rather than slicing with the edge. The version offered comes with a leather "blossom" attached for safety of your sparring partner, which may be removed as our foil is mod/copy. These are very suitable for use in the fencing game called En Garde ( and if you are not familiar with the means of utilizing non-standard weapons for En Garde, we will be happy to explain the process). The purchase price of this foil is only 50 L.
the Foil, in use
Secondly, we are very pleased to inform the fashionable gentlemen of the various baroque sims that we are offering a beautifully scripted S mallsword of the pattern that was most commonly worn by European gentlemen from about 1750 to 1790. You shall no longer be compelled to wear your grandfather's bulky and out-of-date rapier: instead you may choose from one of our authentic smallswords with different finished hilts, including a sword with blackened mountings suitable for mourning and funerals (currently on sale at the 18th century content makers fair); a silver-mounted version which may function nicely as a court sword or gentleman's town sword; and a bronze hilted sword suitable either as a gentleman's town sword, or for use in the field or on parade by military officers, particularly those in naval service, staff, or infantry. Each sword comes with a scabbard, and is scripted with animations to draw and sheath, and various combat movements. Once drawn, the stance used is taken from actual 18th century fencing instruction manuals.
The silver and bronze swords will be available for purchase in the sword cutler's shop in Melioria starting this saturday, May 19th (other versions shall be forthcoming). The price will be a mere 249 L. A sample of the bronze version may be seen there now, set in the swordsmith's vise:
For those who would like a short history of the smallsword and some illustrations showing actual 18th century examples, we refer you to this article:
http://www.hadesign.co.uk/SSA/html/Smallsword.html
We look forward to providing you with a proper and authentic sword or swords for all occasions. If you so desire, we will be happy to demonstrate the various animations and/or usage in En Garde for you prior to purchase.
Your humble and obedient servants,
Ernst Osterham
Aldo Stern
Miguel Herrero
updated by @aldo-stern: 06 Oct 2016 01:58:51PM