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Hunting sword

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The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

A charging boar could inflict serious damage to a hunter, so hunting swords had broad, robust blades to prevent them from snapping on impact and exposing the hunter to sharp tusks. This blade is etched with scenes showing boar and wolf hunts while the grip is sheathed in horn. The silver encrustation depicts two charging boar.

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  • Title: Hunting sword
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1654
  • Location: Germany
  • Physical Dimensions: Length: 86.1 cm whole, Width: 15.8 cm hilt (widest point of quillons), Depth: 7.0 cm hilt, Length: 71.6 cm blade
  • Medium: iron, encrusted with silver with a staghorn grip
The Victoria and Albert Museum

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