To all,
(esp. B.Mahoney and S.Hand)- I am very interested in improving the
authenticity of our (Blackwell's) Early Modern Fencing, and I need some
help with documentation and specifics for wooden practice swords used in
passing references to these in various books, although my library of
period fencing references is very small but growing. Some help, if you
would...Do we have good docs on these? What did they look like? Weight,
materials, construction specifics, usage, are there any surviving
examples(not too ***y likely, I know...). Has anyone ever come across
any paintings of a Salle or fencing practice?
Thanks & more thanks,
Brin Leare, Sgt., Blackwell's