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Estoc
  • Estoc
  • Unknown Artist / Maker
  • Germany
  • c. 1525 - c. 1540
  • Iron or steel, wood and leather, chiselled
  • Length: 125.7 cm, total
    Length: 100.6 cm, blade
    Width: 2.6 cm, blade width at guard
    Width: 30.3 cm, guard
    Balance point: 9.1 cm, forward of the guard block
  • Maker's mark 30 cm from hilt
  • A505
  • European Armoury I
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  • Estoc, or ‘tuck’, comprising a flattened spherical pommel (with button), chiselled with three cockle shells; shouldered grip of wood bound with black leather; horizontally recurved crossguard of circular section ending in knobs chiselled like the pommel; strong, stiff blade of hollow triangular section, and a maker's mark on one side. There is a leather washer at the base of the blade for easing the contact of the hilt when it was returned to the scabbard.