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Post by LastGodslayer on May 1, 2024 0:31:08 GMT
Just (hopefully) a quick question about Schiavona baskets...
Were there any historical, symmetrical, baskets? I know the assymetry serves so one may wear the blade more comfortably, but just cheking to see if one may even call a ambidextrous basket schiavona, a real schiavona.
Also, how much would I be cheating by forming the basket out of a laser cut sheet and welding it to the crossbar/guard?
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on May 2, 2024 7:26:42 GMT
Hi, and I apologize for having not much knowledge, but since no one else answered. I looked up the MyArmoury article and Oakshott. It's possible that early forms with only few bars were symmetrical. German basket hilts as predecessors seem to be more symmetrical usually. Another question is if the basked over all is symmetrical even when the bar configuration is not. Maybe?!?
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Post by LastGodslayer on May 14, 2024 19:32:07 GMT
Thanks Andi.
I've been seeing as many examples of schiavona, and I am leaning more and more towards asymmetry. It just seems like the natural progression towards wearability.
My concern is that making an assymetric basket, I am more or less locking the weapon to a specific handedness, and me being left handed, I frown upon a flood or "righty" setups and barely any options for people like me.
Guess I'm making a left handed schiavona...
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Post by n7paladin on Jun 2, 2024 15:15:30 GMT
As far as I know the "typical" design you mentioned is the most constant in swords that can be defined a Schiavona. Predecessors of the Schiavona may have more symmetric designs but a typical Schiavona tends to have that design if you want to go the traditional way.
Anyway, I really love the Schiavona.
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