Shell Sword: Beauty And Ingenuity Of The 17th Century

SWORD OF SHELLS. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)

Reference	2-1640-H
Name	Sword of shells (colichemarde and flamígera)
Period	17th Century
Guard	Made of iron, with a geometry based on two perfectly defined shells, without added bars or bridges, except for the knuckle-bows, the side guards, and the ring, all of them cylindrical and with minimal decorative elements. Pommel in a urn with a button. Grip with vertical grooves and progressively decreasing thickness from the center.
Blade	Straight, wide, with three channels cut in its first third to suddenly decrease, transitioning to flamígera. Very short ricasso. Edges running along both sides.
Total Length	940 mm
Blade Length	800 mm
Blade Width	26 mm
Description	Sword with a spectacular high-level blade that combines cutouts in the first third and the flamígera design of the rest.
Museum Inventory	Arms Museum of Álava, registration no. 361

Shell Sword: Beauty and Ingenuity of the 17th Century