Oakeshott Type XVa Sword w/Refurbished Grip

With sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened hollowed diamond section, horizontally recurved quillons each with swelling spatulate tip, nearly circular flattened chamfered pommel rising to a central flattened projection on each side, and leather-covered wooden grip of two-stage octagonal section.

91.2 cm. blade

Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 12 January 1993, lot 383

For more information regarding Oakeshott Type XVa swords see this extract from Ewart Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword: www.sword-site.com/thread/166/oakeshott-type-records-medieval-sword

Source: www.bonhams.com/auctions/15843/lot/275/