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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2008 21:54:34 GMT
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Post by alvin on Jun 8, 2008 22:13:22 GMT
Greek art often shows a sabre-like sword with a swell at the forward part of the blade: The scabbards in the art appear to be too small to contain the swords, however. What's the deal? Did the artists flub, or were the scabbards perhaps open on one side, the edge inserted into the closed side? Ummm....You've got a point there archimedes. Maybe the artists took some liberties and drew the scabbards like the scabbards used with "normal" or "regular" swords?  The depicted scabbards really do not look like anything close to one that would fit the sword type shown, even if they were open along one side. Edit - But, this kopis sold by Therion Arms has a, and admittedly cheap looking, scabbard that appears to be fairly straight. But I still think that the Greek artists were using artistic license. Surely they were acquainted with actual swords and scabbards? therionarms.com/sold/therionarms_t428.html |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2008 6:42:40 GMT
Artists can screw up, though. I've seen Greek vases where the recurve bows were strung backwards. What gets me is that the four links above are the only ones I've found where both the sabre and its scabbard are shown, and in every swinging example the scabbard doesn't look like it goes with the sabre... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2008 13:23:03 GMT
I find it interesting that all of the scabbards in your examples look very similar. And that none look like they would work. I wonder if what is depicted is really supposed to be a scabbard?
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Post by alvin on Jun 13, 2008 15:44:19 GMT
I find it interesting that all of the scabbards in your examples look very similar. And that none look like they would work. I wonder if what is depicted is really supposed to be a scabbard? Good point Steve. I went back and looked again at the examples. All drawn swords are of the kopis style. But in the 3rd example down, both warriors have the same style scabbard. The warrior on the right has a drawn kopis style sword, but the warrior on the left is using his spear and has his sword in the scabbard. But his sword ( the one on the left ) has, even though his scabbard appears to be exactly like the one worn by the warrior on the right, a hilt that looks like one belonging to a typical straight, double-edged Greek sword. I thought that maybe artists were copying each other, but only 2 of the examples show a date, numbers - 1 and 2 470 BC. I agree with archimedes - artists are sometimes not "experts" in what they are attempting to draw - sometimes they just "screw-up".  |
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The depicted scabbards really do not look like anything close to one that would fit the sword type shown, even if they were open along one side.
