A SWEPT-HILT RAPIER, the slender blade (some pitting) of flattened hexagonal section with recessed ricasso and central fuller on each face of the forte stamped '[S]andrinus Scacchvs', the iron hilt of slender bars comprising long straight quillons swelling at the tips, arms, a triple ring guard linked to the knuckle-guard by a diagonal bar on the outside, and inner trifurcated guard, faceted globular pommel, and later wire-bound wooden grip, early 17th Century