#cinquedea

[cutecuttlefish]

The sword of the day is the cinquedea.

This short sword originated in northern Italy during the renaissance. The name means “5 fingers,” which refers to the width of the blade at the guard. Though they didn’t all have the ornate engraving seen here, they did all possess multiple fullers; grooves that run down the blade and decrease weight without sacrificing too much structural integrity.

[theoutcastrogue]

"Daggers and poniards", from Guide des amateurs d'armes et armures anciennes by Auguste Demmin (1869), translated as Weapons of War by C.C. Black (1870)

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[catparty41]

stabbing julius ceaser with my italian cold steel cinquedea

[uncannyyarns]

The very first Do We Have a Contract? drawing I did, with a slightly different Pruflas design! It was originally going to be the cover once I decided on a final logo*, but things developed otherwise.

*this is a placeholder...originally the logo was going to be much more ornate and based on sigils.

Final cover for issue 1:

[jessamakesart]

And then a figure emerges, shrouded in feathered darkness, the world trailing behind it...

I got "The Princess and the Dragon" path recently and I have been very normal about it.

[lukecoalman]

I love these blades. I’ve heard some speculation that the design might have to do with specific blade length laws in Venice. So they adapted the very long wide knives. I love how ornate the etching on the blades is

Almost forgot to post today’s Blades of May drawing. Here’s #6: a Cinquedea, a beautiful but brutal blade which vendetta brawlers in Italy would use as cleaver during gang fights

[trash-but-trying]

I just cant stop thinking about her :,)

[jacobhorseadventures]

Jacob Horse looks at Italian Cold Steel Cinquedeas

[mythicalwater]

does this count as a drawfee animation?

either way, thank-you to @deepblueink2d for the cameo

[drawfee-quot3s]

italian cold steel cinqedea?

babygirl is that you?

- nathan + karina

[orykorioart]

Rule of Ethersea: Everyone’s got a…n Italian Cold Steel Cinquedea…?

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Wanted to play around with brushes and sketching style, and I was missing Ms. Amber Gris, so… two birds one stone ;-)

[episodes-without-incident]

9/19/2023:

0 episodes since Drawfee last referenced Cats (2019)

9 episodes since Drawfee last referenced Everytime We Touch (2005)

[theoutcastrogue]

Another name for the cinquedea: "ox tongue"

page from Guide des amateurs d'armes et armures anciennes by Auguste Demmin (1869), translated as Weapons of War by C.C. Black (1870) who leaves the French "langue de boeuf" untranslated.

Italian postcard (c. 1930s) from the Royal Armoury of Turin, calling it "lingua di bue"

[akannuoli-aatteet]

"Oh, you mean the Italian Coldsteel Cinquedea? I mean what better knife to kill a duck's wife with."

-Jacob Drawfee

[phonemilf]

I wanted to draw drawfee sailor scouts and thought it was funny to make porfo sailor moon.

[witchkittymeow]

*Trips while having toast in my mouth like an anime girl and this drops out of my backpack*

My hand slipped again