Elizabethan Swept Hilt Rapier: Circa 1580 Bayonets Upon contact with an opponent

Upon contact with an opponent the rod compresses into the tube simulating bayonet combat

is of steel panels riveted together by decorative outer panels

VINTEN LIMITED

issued in WWII

the Burnside Rifle Co

Elizabethan Swept Hilt Rapier: Circa 1580 Bayonets Upon contact with an opponentNew Made Item: Uncovered in the ? IMA Clean Up? these were actually manufactured in the late 1980? s. Therefore, these brass hilted rapiers are just beginning to look their age. Leather bound grip over wood with fancy brass cross guard and heavy brass pommel. Fully tempered 37" quality blade contained with brass mounted black leather hand stitched scabbard. These are just what Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh carried at the time of the Spanish