Privateer Armoury

Very interesting. Has to be one of the most unique knives I've seen.

Well done.

Check in "Swords and Blades of the American Revolution" by George C. Neumann

There is a section on knives (not sailor knives, alas) but you can get an idea of what was around.

Hope that helps.

P.S. if you want a little fancier piece check this one out:

The image is a link to the gallery with the specs.

As of 0800 this morning all available pieces are now 25% off

I have to confess that it is not just patriotism that inspires the lower sale but the (Lord willing) acquisition of a ship (40' LOD magogany on oak, ketch, now days it would be called a boat but Morgan would have called it a ship) and the need for some refit.

Thanks for all the kind words.

A set like this cost around $5000 USD (United States Doubloons ) depending on the details.

After Matt's article on this sword came out I was commissioned to craft a matching sailor knife and scabbards for it.

Here is the set:

Let me know what you think.

Fair winds and calm seas.

Here in the US we really don't look forward much to April 15th BUT here is a little something to redeem it.

From now (April 15) through the end of the month I am offering 10% off all pieces on both websites.

As always all items are first come first served.

Click the images to navigate to to available pages.

Enjoy!

The sale has ended.

Thanks

I'm trying to clean out the shop so I am offering free shipping (to the continental US, international orders will receive a equivalent discount ) on all pieces on my available page.

Ben Potter, Bladesmith

Privateer Armoury

Time re-stock the Armory for the summer cruise!

Having received request for less expensive swords with thicker hand forged blades and forged guards I decided to incorporate these features in to the new line of swords from Privateer Armoury.

Introducing the Quarterdeck Line:

The specs for this sword are on the Privateer Armoury Gallery page (Click on the image below to navigate to it)

The price point for these swords will be $500-1000 USD.

Let me know what you think.

It is interesting to see the company making a comeback and very ironic as well now that is is the other way around (India importing things to England) .

(you might want to check on how the title of the thread looks on the forum)

Here are the latest out of the shop:

And perhaps a bit early for pirates but...

There is more information about them on the Privateer Armoury website

Enjoy!

That be the truth. It is really hard to balance those two.

For the most part I would agree with you Matt that this in not a typical example of a cinquedea.

The reason I call it a Cinquedea is that is what the customer wanted. He gave me the dimensions for it and specified the grip style and pommel type, and no fullers. I tried to reconcile the specs to the historical pieces but you can only get so far towards five fingers when the blade width is specified at 2".

I will, Lord willing, do a more historically accurate cinquedea in the future (with the wider blade, fullers, classic bone grips, V-guard and V pommel).

5 Fingers, and you are correct about where it is traditionally worn.

The Cinquedea was a short sword popular in northern Italy in the 1400-1600's, it was used primarily as a cutting weapon and carried in a horizontal position near the small of the back.

This piece is hand crafted.

The blade is 1/16" Swedish 15N20 steel.

The hilt is mild steel welded to the blade.

Double crossing fencier's knots cover the hardwood grip.

The technical specs are:

PoB: 3.5"

Pivot: 13.5"

CoP: 12.5"

SN: -1"

In other words it handles rather nicely for a short cutting sword.

(and the price is around $300)

13 oz.

25" LOA, 20" Blade

Left to right:

Cutlass: wide guard, fencer's knot grip. Sold

Rondel Dagger,Heat blued guards, Bone grips. Sold

Messer and By Knife set, black walnut grips, $400

Twist Dagger, blacksmith twist guard, waxed cord fencer's knot grip. $125

Hatchet Point Cutlass, D-guard with shell, double crossing fencer's knot grip, $300 (LEFT HANDED)

Here is a link to the available page with the specs:

Pictures of the double barrel, I have been wondering about what a DB blunderbuss would look like.

Do you bore out the barrels yourself or start with a tube? Beautiful work either way.

I met those Smiths and saw their work. Stunning just stunning. We were talking to them about Scottish pistols (2004). Glad to see they are going ahead with it.

No apologies necessary.

Out of curiosity, what is it like to shoot?

I've never shot a BP pistol larger than .44, also how does it handle?

Beautiful pistol, and exactly the kind of weapon that a Scottish pirate would end up with, having relieved its previous (Wig) owner of possession.

Not to put too fine a point on it but the Jacobites and the Black Watch were not exactly on friendly terms(rather closer to the opposite as the black watch was commissioned to help suppress the Jacobites).

-Ben (Clan Chatten)

"Touch not the Cat but a glove"

Pictures?

I tried going to the link in your signature but it seem to be dead.

Thanks for the kind words.

The cutlass is sold.

Those picture from the Antigua Guatemala historical museum are amazing, thanks for posting them.

From what I have seen and read about the sword in the original post it seems to be authentic.

It was relatively common for broadswords to be mounted in stylish rapier style hilts as the broadsword with its heavier cutting blade was better suited to the battlefield/deck than the true rapier which was designed more for personal combat.

The specs are on the Privateer Armoury Available Page

Let me know what you think and if there are any pieces you'd like to see made.