Italian Three Ring Rapier - deposit

Due to continued supply challenges and the length of our order queue we will be adjusting how our rapiers are available. They are available to order again but you will only be charged a 150.00 deposit. They will be added to the order queue which is currently running 18 to 24 months.   Based on original: Circa 1580-1585, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan (Inv. 2537)   Overall length: 46.3” Blade Length: 38" Blade Width: 1.09"   An elegant swept hilt rapier in a style that was one of the most popular at the beginning of the seventeenth century. This Norman Type 61 hilt has simple clean lines that appealed to many gentleman of the period. This is clearly illustrated by the many portraits from the first three decades of the 1600's featuring this rapier as a personal sidearm of the rich and well styled.The inner guard of a single bar originates at a midpoint on the knuckle-bow then branching into three bars terminating at the ends of the hilt arms. The pommel has a slightly tapered barrel shape i