Executioner’s Sword
- Bladesmith: Johannes Wundes (German, Solingen, circa 1560–1610)
- Dated: circa 1600
- Culture: German
- Measurements: overall length 117 cm
Source: Copyright © 2016 Historica Arma
Heading swords (Richtschwerte) are creepy things. I handled one some years back. It had what’s called “pronounced blade-heaviness” which indicated clearly how it was meant to be used.
Not nimbly balanced for fighting, but to make a single horizontal cut. With luck, just one. “If she is steady…”
Not a weapon, a tool.
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