Scarf Sword
c. 1660
Hilt: northern European (possibly Swedish) Blade: possibly Italian or Spanish
Sweden
Short, stout, and designed with a minimal guard, this early form of smallsword was highly fashionable throughout northern and central Europe by the middle of the 17th century. The form has been called a scarf sword for the elaborate silk-embroidered scarf-like belts or baldrics from which these delicate swords were suspended.
Steel, brass, silver, gilding, and wood