French Foil in the Merignac Design
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Title
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French Foil in the Merignac Design
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Description
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French foil featuring a square guard, cord-wrapped grip, brass ferrules, and conical pommel. The design of the square guard often credited to French fencing master Merignac. "Made in France" and "5" (indicating the blade's length" marked on the blade's forte. Leather pad replaced by the current owner. Peened construction.
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Publisher
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Fencing Arms & Artifacts
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Extent
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Steel, leather, wood, cord, brass. [All measurements in cm] Overall length: 108.3. Blade: 89 long in front of guard, 1.1 x .7 thick at guard. Guard: 5.9 x 8.7. Grip: 14.8 long including ferrules, 1.5 x 1.2 thick at middle. Pommel: 4.3 long, 2.5 diameter at widest, 1.5 diameter at base. Weight: 357 grams.
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Type
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Fencing sword
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Identifier
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2020.03.002
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Provenance
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Loaned for digitization by Antone Blair
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Digitized by Benjamin Bowles
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Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles
