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source Helmet, Burganets, Morions, and CabassetsXVI centuryFrom the handbook of arms and armor: European and Oriental, by: Bashford Dean and William Henry Riggs 
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legrandcirque: Hand-tinted photograph of a samurai in armor and on horseback as he shoots an arrow from a thin, graceful bow. Japan, ca. 1900.
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art-of-swords: Unique collection of training swords from the first half of the 16th century. © Schweizerische Landesmuseum, Zurich
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aschick: Assorted knights 2
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weaponzone: Katana IITitle & Photo Credit : Jadael
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art-of-swords: Eagle Sword with Scabbard Mentioned in the 1688; issued in Dresden 1733. Solingen blade. Dated: first Half of the 17th Century. Materials and technology: blade with diamond-shaped cross section; vessel and fittings gold, cast engraved, black enamelled, red lacquer; wood sheath with ray skin, large and small emeralds in cabochon. Dimensions: Length 101 cm Blade length 85 cm Weight 690 g; sheath: 88.5 cm Weight 165 g The sword has a golden, black enameled hilt in the form of an eagle. The eagle’s head comes out with an impressive profile. The gold open beak shows a red throat, the feathers are made of emeralds around the eyes. The main crown is adorned with a gold-framed as an emerald, which serves as nodules out to screw the handle with the blade. Along the ricasso there’s an inscription with the names of Jesus and Mary. The short quillons of the sword is formed as an eagle claws with sharp claws, which each hold a gold frame with large emeralds. The eagle on the breast also a big cross on emerald. The creator of the stunning jewelry work has given the eagle in the power and dignity of a rule symbol. The choice of the eagle motif by the principal aims of the sword to the eagle as a symbol of the Roman emperor. The wooden scabbard has been covered with ray skin and was adorned with, the no longer existing, green-golden girdle of emeralds in 1688 along with several other ceremonial weapons from the armory in the castle. The eagle sword was for a “Roman” a leading figure, preferably designed for a jousting tournament. The jeweler may have been executed by Georg Christoph Dinglinger or by Johann Heinrich Köhler. Source & Copyright: SKD - Staatliche Kunstsammlunger Dresden 
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brightsplashes: Pups
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art-of-swords: pimpingweapons: Large kukri with talwar hilt. Clearly from northern India or around those parts, but no joy finding out any more (my usual reverse image search turned out rather funny). I can add a little more to this one…  The weapon showed seems is called “Sosun Pattah” (though the blade of this blade is not as curved as the one in the image which clearly is a kukri, having even the notch) and its purpose was purely ceremonial. It has all the charecteristics of a proper mid to late 18th century blade including the notch (cho). Many of these had a plain set of tarwar grips and can be found in the Gurkha Museum, Victoria & Albert, and of course Kathmandu. The older ones are large, heavy fighting weapons. This is a more or less typical example of a “native” weapon decorated for consumption by British soldiers returning home after service in the Raj. They usually come with special scabbard with “braids” that are called gimp and is found in a variety of widths and colors, but they have no military significance but was and is still used to embellish all manner of weapon sheathes in Northern India. Hope this helped… :)
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pimpingweapons: Found on this Romanian firearms forum.
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