French Foil

Item

Title

French Foil

Subject

Foils—French

Description

French foil with bare wood grip and figure eight guard. Solingen (Germany) made blade with "Solingen" markings on the blade and "4" mark indicating blade length. Also marked is a small crowned head in profile near the forte. Unknown if grip was previously wrapped, though wrapping was likely.

Publisher

Fencing Arms & Artifacts

Rights

CC BY-NC 4.0

Is Part Of

Benjamin Bowles Collection

Extent

Steel, iron, wood. Overall length: 40 in. Blade 32.75 in. long, .375 in. wide at forte. Guard 3.625 in. tall, 2.25 in. wide, .125 in. thick. Grip 5.625 in. long, 2.125 in. circumference at middle. Pommel 1.375 in. long, .875 in. diameter at widest. Weight 265 grams.

Type

Fencing sword

Identifier

2019.04.007

Provenance

Loaned for digitization by Benjamin Bowles

Digitized by Benjamin Bowles

Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles