#hilt

[tanuki-kimono]

Sleek pattern for this yukata showing stylized tsuka (katana hilt) and tsuba (sword guard)

[thesilicontribesman]

Brass and Silver Sword Guard found off Pembrokeshire Coast and Reproduction, 1100CE to 1125CE, St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff, Wales

[escapismsworld]

Rapier of Prince-Elector Christian II of Saxony (1583–1611), hilt by Israel Schuech, Dresden, blade by Juan Martinez, Toledo, dated 1606, steel, bronze, gold, enamel, paste jewels, cameos, pearls, wood, 121.9 cm, The Met

This hilt is the only recorded work of the Dresden sword cutler Israel Schuech. It is one of the best examples of a rapier hilt made with the same materials, techniques, and quality as the fine sculpture, jewelry, and goldsmiths' work for which the Saxon Court was famous. The decoration of strapwork and allegorical figures, set with paste jewels and formerly enameled, parallels contemporary goldsmiths' work at the opulent Saxon court.

[medievalart]

Bronze hilt with animal decoration

* National Museum of Finland, Helsinki

April 2023

[henry-w-albert]

This is an analysis of Lockwood and cos swords

I am a big weapons freak and carry myself a wide variety of swords including one rapier, so I thought it might be interesting to share my ADHD hyper analysis of how Goerges, Lucy's and Lockwood's choice of weaponry depicts their fighting abilities. (I will mostly refer to episode 3: doubt thou the stars as that is the first episode where we see all members use their swords, specially in enclosed spaces)

Apart from the obvious which is that all three Lucy, George and Lockwood carry leather guarded open rapiers we have a few more informations from pictures than from the show. (I am aware that they have a basket filled with all sorts of rapiers but I will use the ones from the official posters as that gives me the most accurate description)

Lockwood has a one handed rapier with a round pommel and a swept hilt with guard and S shaped quillons. This is probably the most common hilt type for a rapier and originated in the early 1600s. It is both of elegance and functionality as this hilt protects the user's hand whilst still giving full range for movement. Lockwood using this specific kind of hilt is absolutely glorious. The viewer knows from the first episode on that Lockwood is very good with the rapier and this sword shows just that. To use a hilt with guard you have to be well trained and aware of your movements. A rapier other than the weapons that were before is not a blunt killing force but a two sided weapon, used for thrusting and cutting. To be able to do both you have to have a few years of training. This sword is perfect to show off and be arrogant with as well as to actually fight.

Lucy a one handed rapier with a round pommel and dish hilt with swept knuckle guard and fingerguard. This hilt combination originated in the mid 1600s. It is most useful with thrusting maneuvers instead of cutting as the dish protects the hand only from the front but not the sides as you would see on the earlier build rapiers. The dish hilt also offered for even more intricate beauty. A sword made for the girl who hasn't even passed her fourth year of training. Different than Lockwood's weapon Lucy's rapier is made for blunt movements and unexpirienced fighters. It's primary protection being for thrusting motions corresponds with the level of skill that Lucy possesses. The fingerguard being a further point to tighten the grip and harden the movements makes it of even better use for starters. (To ad the knuckle guard could be for the purpose of actual protection ore just ease of use, sadly I could not figure that out from what I had seen in the show.)

George has a one handed rapier with a round pommel and S shaped quillons with fingerguard. this very easy hilt was Introduced in the time of change from the classic cross guard to the first variation of a rapier at the end of 1400. It got famous with the upcoming military as it was the first of its kind to be easy of use whilst bringing the protection the late rapiers perfected. This hilt is especially interesting as it allows you to not just use the handle but also the ricasso. We don't really see George use his rapier in the show which I think was intentionally as this sword is not a weapon to be used for fun ore sports. Other than the rapier Lucy and Lockwood use, Georges rapier comes from a time where this was not used for show ore fun but primarily and usually only for killing.

This obviously is not a comment on the actors fighting skill as they all are verry able to use these weapons as they have shown on many occasions throughout the series. This is about the weapons there common use and skillset you need to wield them properly.

[hawkesoutdoor]

Storyteller Overland's New GXV Hilt #Walkthrough #Video With Mathersonthemap, Now At Hawkes Outdoors In San Antonio, Texas 210-251-2882

[theghostofdash]

Pencil sword study

Feb 7 2019

[engineofepic]

Finally, some Engine of Epic banner art to kick off my (several months late) 2024 Art Blitz!

It was my new years resolution to do a couple things: Draw every day, post (to insta) once a week, and finish a project by the end of the year. I have kept up with those first two so far...

Of course, I hate keeping promises, so instead of finishing one project by the end of the year, I plan to start maybe half a dozen or so over the next few months. Of course, I have more ideas for projects than actual time (all characters represented here all have a story attached, and there are many more where these came from); That's where you (hopefully) come in!

How I proceed with these potential projects largely depends on the response on each of them. If something takes off, I might drop everything else to work on it— but that seems unlikely to happen considering I have a whopping double digit followerbase of a community (yes, across platforms lol). I will be polling you lucky few on what ya'd like to see first, since that only seems fair! When IF that inevitably gets no interaction (because, let's face it, I haven't really given a reason for people to a give a damn yet), I will consult my backup plan instead.

Here's to a happy blitzing. Cheers.

Closeup variant :>

[dwaynegoettel]

Dwayne Goettel, 1988

[fieriframes]

[And I mean, preach it. He's preaching about how food should be great, and anyway, Gotanda played his part to the hilt. So the name is fitting. This is La Catedral.]

[majiedoodles]

A hilt of a celestial sword

[clemence-saint-mallory]

[wordsforyourwip]

Shade

Misinterpret

Hilt

Reproach

[muumysworld]

Day 28: paladin, just a gilt sketch today bc I can’t decide on the blade, made for a friend’s character

[commiepinkofag]

Unicorn smallsword hilt, Dutch, ca. 1650

[stitchedupgarson]

Saurons Hilt ⚔️🔥 Thank you again Ashley! 🧷 🧷 🧷 🧷 🧷 #lotr #lordoftherings #sauron #hilt #ringsofpower #tattoos #tattoo #neotraditional #neotraditionaltattoo #traditionaltattoo #neotrad #qttr #queertattooers #tattooart #worldofneotrad #dynamicink #eternalink #tattoopunks #creamtattoosupply #neotradtattz #thebesttattooartists #tattcult #tattoosupreme #neotradeu #neotradsub #newtraditionalgallery #neotradsp #neotraditionalworldwide #ntgallery (at Mordor, Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrQ7hwoLoPc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=