#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

[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.

[sir-gunk]

Rosé should have an italian coldsteel cinquedea

[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 :,)

[episodes-without-incident]

12/19/2024:

5 episodes since Drawfee last referenced Cats (2019)

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

[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 ;-)

[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

[rhyperographer]

I have to repeat this Drawfee conversation out of context because it's too funny:

Karina: Always have a weapon... for whenever you need to rob a child. Julia: Yeah. Karina: When you're having a bad day Jacob: It's so much easier to rob a child if you have a weapon. Karina: Yeah. Trust me Julia: Pro-tip Jacob: Trust me. If your a straggele. Karina: Here's what you need to do. Jacob: Here's what you need to do. Nathan: Step 1: Get a knife Jacob: Get a knife. Julia: mhmm Karina is now just laughing in the background Nathan: Don't assume, you're going to get the leftovers. Jacob: No you're probably not gonna get em. But you can rob a child. They're easy to rob. Julia: Make sure you have an Italian cold steel cinquedea because you don't know if the child also has a knife, but they probably won't have an Italian cold steel cinquedea. Karina: Yes Jacob: No, they don't have a knife of this quality. Julia: Yeah

Anyways, everyone should watch Drawfee. Also here's the episode.

[phonemilf]

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