From a late eighteenth century forged trade card of prizefighter James Figg. On occasion the inside shell faces forward, especially if small. The naval sword of Dutch Admiral Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, mid- to late 17th century. [1] The 1684 Crooke and 1699 Newborough editions of Exquemelin refer to both hanger and cutlass, and use the terms interchangeably in reference to the sword of the notorious buccaneer Jean David Nau, better known as l’Ollonais. Further, there is the question of whether or not pirate captains deliberately outfitted their vessels with foils and single-sticks or “cudgels” as they were commonly known. Certainly they were aboard Spanish men-of-war, which had a large proportion of soldiers aboard: perhaps the earliest “Bilbao hilt” cutting sword, popular in the 18th century, dates to the 1660s and was found aboard a Spanish wreck. Pommel style and grip style and material–wood, bone, antler, brass, shagreen (“fish skin,” ray skin), wire over wood, or even iron–vary widely. However, the greater the curve the less suitable for thrusting a sword is. There is no thumb ring or shell on the inside. Hanger or cutlass of Johannes van Leenen, a high-ranking official in the Dutch East India Company, last quarter of the 17th century. The cutlass sword (also known as the pirate sword) is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket-shaped guard. Brass-hilt cutlasses or hangers, probably gilded, worn by English admirals, from the Royal Museums, Greenwich, dating to the 1660s. [citation needed] Sabre. First published in Amsterdam in 1678 in Dutch, the illustrations have been copied to other editions, typically with little or no alteration. From the form of the blades, the upper would be more “tip heavy” and capable of short cleaving cuts, while the lower would be a better “fencing” weapon. Most etymologists consider cutlass to be derived from coutelas. Note that prize-fighters fought primarily with swords, as well as with quarterstaff, and occasionally with fists. The blade is sharply curved, an effective shape for cutting but not for thrusting. Cutting swords–hangers and cutlasses–with simple shell hilts from Harold Peterson’s Arms and Armor in Colonial America 1526-1783, page 81. L’Ollonois above holds a typical Dutch or German scalloped shell-hilt cutlass of the late 17th century. Moreover, those who argue for the flat rather than the edge, in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, forget one thing: each time the adversary parries your blade, it will be nicked. [From “A True Relacion of the Fight at the Barbados Between the Fort and Shipping There…,” in Colonising Expeditions to the West Indies and Guiana, 1623–1667,” edited by V. T Harlow (London: Hakluty Society, 1925). Some may have been issued as cutlasses, and possibly made their way into the hands of corsaires and flibustiers, or similar swords might have. The blade is marked with what is believed to be a Hounslow “wolf.”. The Corsair Scimitar Pro has 12 side buttons, which seems to be the standard for MMO mice nowadays. From Paul M. Ambrose Antiques. [2] Thomas Coryate, ‘Laugh and be Fat’ in Coryat’s Crudities (reprint London, 1776), vol. FREE Shipping on … (Hanger once, cutlass twice, as well as a note that his men were armed with cutlasses. In The Golden Age of Piracy I discuss to a fair degree what we know from period accounts about how the cutlass may have been used. Almost certainly swords other than cutlasses and, among some officers, smallswords, were commonly carried aboard ship. The Virtues of Handwritten Letters in Peace, War, & Pestilence, Fortune’s Fool: Swordplay in the Time of Pestilence, Captain Blood: His Odyssey–A Near-Century of Dust Jackets. A lightly laid on cut with a straight edge, one made with small arm movement, will require a deliberate drawing motion. Allegorical image by Paul Cornuau from his chart, Plan de la Petite-Rivière de Léogane, 1685. Musée national de la Marine. Dallas: Rock Bottom Publications, 2006, page 66. From Neuman, page 181. British Museum. Yet in spite of all the romance of buccaneers and their swords–cutlasses usually in reality, but often rapiers in cinema–we don’t know as much about the swords themselves as we would like. A well-balanced cutlass–less point or tip heavy–is a more effective fencing sword, in that it permits quicker actions such as cut-overs, but requires a bit more training or finesse to cut well. From an illustration by Marcellus Laroon. Its scabbard is worn from the belt. All 12 of the buttons are mechanical and designed to pro player specifications. il luy a fendu la teste de son coutelas, avec son coutelas.” That is, a kind of sword with a short wide blade, which cuts only one side. The only 17th century exception I can think of offhand is Francesco Antonio Marcelli’s treatise on the rapier (Regole Della Scherma, 1686), in which he devotes a few pages to saber versus rapier, noting quite correctly that the saber, and therefore also falchion, cutlass, &c., is a killing weapon even at very close range. The nomadic warriors were great horse-back riders and a … F. C. Grove in the introduction to Fencing (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893) wrote: “One of us once saw a sailor of extraordinary strength seize a cutlass close to the hilt, where the edge is blunt, and break it short off.” This was an extraordinary example of a surely commonplace tactic. These cutlasses range from a simple outside shell with no thumb ring, to inside and outside shells (the inside typically smaller) with or without thumb rings. In English the word scimitar (/ ˈ s ɪ m ɪ t ər / or / ˈ s ɪ m ɪ t ɑːr /) refers to a backsword or sabre with a curved blade. The main difference between Cutlass and Scimitar is that the Cutlass is a Short, broad sword and Scimitar is a backsword or sabre with a curved blade. See below. See the images below. Some cutlass and pistol brandishing between the Dutch and English, mid-17th century. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1973, page 181. The “thumb on the back of the handle” grip is suitable for lighter weapons only. There are some forms of swordplay, Filipino escrima and some machete practice for example, that parry with the flat. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. It is quite possible that the distinction between cutlass and hanger was originally determined by the blades: a broad bladed weapon with a short blade length used by soldiers and seamen was originally defined as a “curtle-axe” (Shakespeare even uses the word) or cutlass, while one with a narrower blade was a hanger. Cutlass vs. Scimitar. 3:n.p. These heavy-hilted cutlasses may have two short quillons with no knuckle bow, or a conventional short or medium upper quillon along with a lower quillon converted to a knuckle bow as in the image below. A few notes on the design and use of the cutlass are in order. Sabre de bord de corsaire (boarding cutlass of a privateer) circa 1740, by a French maker whose manufactures date to the late 17th century. In later usage, the cutlass referred to the short naval boarding sabre. This theory of cutlass versus hanger is supported by the French definition of coutelas from the 1694 edition of Le Dictionnaire de l’Académie française: “Coutelas. Amsterdam: Jan ten Hoorn, 1678. Detail from “Allegory on the Dutch Raid on the Medway (1667), with a Portrait of Cornelis de Witt” by Cornelis Bisschop, 1668. Much of what we think we know is based on conjecture, and this conjecture is based on what little we know about cutlasses and hangers of the late 17th century. One of three French cutlasses discovered in the wreck of La Dauphine, a French privateer lost at Saint-Malo in 1704. This is critical if we want to understand the scimitar vs katana dynamics. Ornate silver-hilted Dutch cutlass belonging to Admiral Cornelis Tromp, mid-seventeenth century. And so it will. However, given how low it hangs and the angle at which it hangs, it is probably a cutlass or hanger. A blade is going to get damaged in combat. There is a thumb ring but no shell on the inside. The French word is itself a corruption of the Italian coltellaccio, or "large knife", derived ultimately from Latin cultellusmeaning "small knife." Sweeping cuts are easily “slipped”–avoided–and as such leave the attacker vulnerable to a counter stroke in tempo. Notably, the scabbard, which also has a chape (metal protection for the tip of the scabbard), does not necessarily reveal the blade form: it may be with or without a clip point. Again, we see dog or monster pommels, and also lion pommels. One type of sword I like is the 17th century walloon hilt saber, which I plan to get one of for fencing practice. In other words, try this with a curved cutlass, and while you may be able to make a thrust (which may or may not penetrate ribs) as an arrest or stop hit against a riposte, you will almost certainly also be on the receiving end of a powerful cut. The cutlass is listed as a “hanger.” See discussion below on the term hanger versus cutlass. Rijksmuseum. Most of these swords appear be gilded brass hilts. The scimitar sword is a backsword or sabre with a curved blade, originating in the Middle East. From the trade card of Nicholas Croucher, sword cutler, probably 1690s. This thread is archived. The Iconic “Spanish” Fort: Only a Spanish Galleon Says “Pirates” Better. The thumb ring would help stabilize this heavy weapon and help prevent the blade from shifting during a cut. He discusses boarding actions and associated combat, with some ideas of his own. So, what would these cutlasses depicted by Cornuau actually have looked like? It is also much easier to control a heavier weapon in the parry when parrying with the edge, and more powerful parries may be made this way. Although more than a century later than our period, there is likely a fair similarity between the two eras. From Le Sabre d’Abordage by Michel Petard. The hilt shown above may be that of a hanger or cutlass, or other cutting or cut-and-thrust sword such as a broadsword or backsword. (British Museum. This would soon enough destroy their tips and edges, not to mention that it would be very dangerous even with protection. A pair of flibustiers or buccaneers at Petit Goave, 1688, from a chart by P. Cornuau. Worse, I’ve seen “swords and cutlasses” listed among the arms of various merchantmen. Below is a detail from an illustration of the famous Jean Bart–a Flemish corsaire in French service–showing him with a cutlass. In cutlasses with a single large outside shell, any looseness in the grip will cause the cutlass to turn in the hand toward the heavier side. Cutlass circa 1720 of style generally noted from the early eighteenth century, although some similar examples appear to date to the late seventeenth. German shell-hilt cutlass listed on iCollector.com and dated circa 1680. Other forms were doubtless used, including the Dutch/German discussed above, as well as the very common smaller iron shell-hilt cutlasses as in the example below. The similarity to the French naval cutlass and grenadier sabre immediately above is obvious, in particular to the form of the iron-hilt cutlass. Views: 1,368. Blade balance varies just as widely, with some heavy-bladed cutlasses balanced more like cleavers than fencing swords. The range is unchanged for … In other words, give a cleaver to an unskilled seaman, but a better-balanced cutlass to one with reasonable skill at swordplay. Early eighteenth century, British Museum. British Museum. But perhaps the cutlass’s greatest virtue, and what would have made some of its technique unique as compared to the broadsword and saber (from which late 18th through early 20th century cutlass technique was drawn), was its utility at “handy-grips.” I’ve covered this subject elsewhere, but besides the close cleaving or drawing cut described above, pommeling would have been common, and “commanding” (seizing the adversary’s hilt or blade) and grappling would have been common as well. Foils like these would have been used for smallsword practice. Dutch cutlass or hanger with lion-headed ivory grip and gilt guard and knuckle bow. It is treated as a scimitar for any effects that apply to scimitars. However, it is impossible to know what sort of blade was mounted in the hilt. I'll see your Gutless Cutlass and raise you the Supermarine Scimitar. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Detail from The Battle of Livorno (Slag bij Livorno) by Reinier Nooms, circa 1653-1664. Brass-hilt cutlasses or hangers with naval provenance, from the Royal Museums, Greenwich, dating from the 1660s to the very early 18th century. The Elizabeth and Mary was ferrying New England militia, who were armed with a variety of non-standard arms. That said, there were similar mid- to late 17th century cutlasses and hangers, the one below for example. Learn how your comment data is processed. Stanford University reprinted the memoirs in 1960, edited by Paul Jordan-Smith. Adapted from the Italian word scimitarra in the mid 16th century from an unknown source, the word became used for all 'Oriental' blades which were curved, compared to the more commonly straight and double edged European swords of the time. Shells are quite useful–mandatory, in my opinion–to protect the hand. A lighter-bladed cutlass like this would be more suited for conventional cut and thrust swordplay. […]. Notably, these are eyewitness illustrations! I actually practice fencing with falchion-bladed cutlasses. 3, August 2012). Some backsword and broadsword texts make obvious note of this, that the blade must be drawn toward its wielder in order to cut. A single outside shell, especially in conjunction with an upper quillon and a knuckle bow, provides merely adequate protection to the hand. Cutlass balance determines how well the cutlass may be wielded in terms of traditional fencing actions, and which forms of cuts work best. From left to right, Penn, Lawson, Berkeley, Harman, Monck, & Sandwich. Here is a silver and antler-hilted hunting hanger, suitable for, and often used for, naval service. Pirate Swords for sale are available in a variety of designs. Regarding the various spellings of cutlass in the mid-seventeenth to early eighteenth centuries: cutlass, cutlace, cutlash, curtlass, curtelass, courtlass, courtelass, and curtle-axe are all common. Such hangers were also used at sea, and would have likely been present at the capture of Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655, and afterward. This will only work if the attacker also has a shield or targe in his (or her) unarmed hand, or is wearing a breastplate: otherwise there is nothing to prevent the adversary’s riposte. Good historical consulting and the willingness to follow it is, of course, mandatory, but some filmmakers take the view of “Who cares? However, the forms of cutting swordplay with Western battlefield weapons–saber, broadsword, backsword, hanger, cutlass–all show the use the of the edge for parrying in texts, illustrations, and other accounts. Notably, Admiral Penn commanded the English fleet at the capture of Jamaica in 1655. Note that wide sweeping cuts are more likely to injure one’s companions in a boarding action, and to get caught up in rigging and fittings. A single-stick or cudgel, by the way, differs from a real sword “only that the Cudgel is nothing but a Stick; and that a little Wicker Basket, which covers the Handle of the Stick, like the Guard of a Spanish Sword, serves the Combatant, instead of defensive Arms.” (Misson’s Memoirs and Observations in His Travels Over England, 1719. British Museum. Please note that real weapons were not used for fencing practice! As already noted, inner shells were usually smaller, given that the inner part of the hand (the fingers, basically) is smaller than the outer, typically 1/3 to 2/5’s of the entire fist. In general, these cutlasses consist of a simple roundish shell with a small upper quillon and a knuckle bow, or of a simple roundish shell with a small upper and lower quillon forged from the same piece of iron. For more information on the use of the cutlass at sea and ashore 1655 to 1725, in particular on its effectiveness as well as on its use in dueling, see The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth About Pirate Myths, chapter 8. Although some flibustiers and buccaneers may have carried cutlasses with gilded hilts, most were probably simple brass or iron. Again, it is unknown whether this cutlass is intended to portray a flibustier weapon. Note that the clip point found on many cutlasses is designed to make a curved blade more effective at thrusting. The lucky cutlass can be bought from Smith on Mos Le'Harmless for 2560 coins after one completes the quest Cabin Fever. Invariably either an upper and lower quillon exist, or an upper quillon and knuckle bow. It is very difficult to push the edge of a sword deeply into tissue, and most wounds caused this way are superficial. 4.6 out of 5 stars 614. “A Relation of the capture of Providence by the Spaniards. January 19, 1684. Mar 16, 2011 #14. In general, when boarding cutlasses are mentioned in 17th century French maritime documents, the term is often “sabre,” which at the time generally referred to any single-handed European (Eastern or Western) cutting sword, although coutelas is also used, notably in the French editions of Exquemelin as well as in some French naval stores documents dating to the 1670s. The scimitar was used by the Muslim armies during the period of the Crusades and it is later considered to be typical of Arab horseman. The inside hand and forearm remain vulnerable to an attack or counter-attack (best made in opposition). From a drawing of a sea battle for Nieuwe Scheeps Batalien, probably 1652-1654. Why not a few longer swords as well? The scabbard is covered in shagreen, that is, ray skin. Miller’s outside guard with a falchion, hanger, or cutlass (1738). Captain Hook’s Hook: Its Most Likely Inspiration–And His Nemesis Crocodile’s Too! In the image above we have more detail of the hilt. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. In the image at the very top of the page, the flibustier holds a cutlass with a small hilt of indeterminate shape, without a knuckle bow, and with a strongly curved clip point blade. This is not a criticism: cleaving strokes with a cutlass are quite effective at close range. Neuman, page 181. Typically these shell hilts may have had a single shell on the outside, with or without a thumb ring on the inside, although usually with one; or a large outside shell and smaller inside shell, both most commonly facing toward the pommel. Our typical idea of a “true” pirate cutlass is taken from the illustrations, such as that above, in Alexandre Exquemelin’s The Buccaneers of America. (Rijksmuseum. Dutch shell-hilt cutlass with thumb-ring. In Sea Rover’s Practice I note that there was clearly some instruction at sea, although it may have often been ad hoc as was often the case ashore. ANSWER 0 Mawgan ANSWERS: 4. iwnit. Typically they are anachronistic, often imitations of nineteenth century “soup bowl” hilts (and occasionally authentic 19th century cutlasses) drawn from prop stocks. The Walloon hilt or style is a likely candidate. Length: Overall 35” Blade 27 ¾” Handle 6”. The cutlass wielded by Rock the Brazilian above appears, on close examination, to have a single outside scalloped shell, two quillons (although it’s possible the lower quillon might actually be a knuckle bow, but I doubt it is), a heavy pommel, and a thumb ring. These brass-hilted swords were issued not only to army infantry grenadiers, but also to the troupes de la Marine and to auxiliary forces guarding French ports. It appears to lack a knuckle bow. “The bent of their swords will afford them an unavoidable Quarte-over-the-arm, or a Cavè [sic: the wrong accent is used on cavé in the original text].” N.B. Cutlass or hanger of Admiral Sir Thomas Hoppsoon, circa 1703 to 1705. Late seventeenth century foils with small shells similar to those of smallswords. Grenadier sabre from the Brest magazine (sabre de garde-magasin de l’arsenal de Brest) circa 1680, upon which the cutlass above it is based. The bronze scimitar is a scimitar made of bronze.The weakest scimitar in the game, it requires level 1 Attack to wield. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The Full Guard stencil, unlike other sword crossbars, uses 3 items of whatever material you choose and the Full Guard material counts towards the final tool durability. Oke, jadi pertama-tama kita harus mengerti bahwa sabre (sabel), cutlass, dan scimitar (simitar) adalah jenis-jenis pedang (sword).. Namun, jika kita akan membedakan "sword" terpisah dari yang lainnya, maka konteks sangat penting di sini.Dan konteks yang saya ketahui adalah … Of the late seventeenth century cutlass identified as French, Michel Petard in his excellent Le Sabre d’Abordage describes only one form, shown below. High seconde and prime–“falloon” or hanging guards–are useful for parrying, and are mandatory to parry a musket, as he illustrates, as also half-pikes (Girard illustrated this with the smallsword in the mid-eighteenth century). Sweeping cuts are the most common sort of drawing cuts, but they are dangerous in practice unless one is mounted (and moving quickly) on a horse, or has a shield, targe, or other defense in the unarmed hand. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Cutlasses and cupped handle designs are popular for costumes, pirate themed weddings and for stage. The image is an excellent view of single piece construction of shell, quillons, knuckle guard, and thumb-ring. Exquemelin’s Spanish edition (1681) uses ‘alfange’ (alfanje), whose root is the Andalusian Arabic alẖánǧar or alẖánǧal, from the Arabic ẖanǧar, a dagger or short sword, which some scholars have suggested is the origin of the English word hanger. The scimitar shown above is a 16th century Middle Eastern weapon; the cutlass is a 17th century European weapon. There are few descriptions of the cutlass in action, but of those that exist, they are quite illustrative. Rijksmuseum. In fact, there are plenty of historical accounts of swordsmen proudly noting their “saw-toothed” blades as proof of just how desperate the combat was. HodgePodge: Many thanks for the example graphics. From the series “Scenes of War” by Hans Ulrich Franck, 1656. It’s hilt is made of sawasa, an alloy of “fire-gilt copper, gold and arsenic.” The hilt was made in Indonesia, the blade probably in Europe. Grenades, firepots, and boarding axes were additional specialty weapons. The blade form would make for powerful cleaving cuts but would have to be gripped tightly, given the one-sided balance of the hilt and the lack of thumb ring which might compensate for it. A heavily-balanced cutlass, with much of its weight forward around the point of percussion (that is, near the end of the blade), makes for very effective cleaving and close cutting actions, and will cut well with even crude swings. If one’s grip is not firm when cutting with an unbalanced hilt, the blade may turn slightly and cut poorly or not at all. Look forward to checking out your web page for a second time. Main Difference. Get it as soon as Thu, Dec 24. Also, a cleaving blow, even with a dull blade, can still break bones. Of a fight between English slavers and Africans on the Guinea Coast in 1726, William Smith wrote: “[F]or they press’d so upon us that we were Knee deep in the Water, and one of them full of Revenge, and regardless of his Life, got out into the Water behind me, resolving to cleave my Skull with a Turkish Scimitar, which Ridley perceiving, leap’d out of the Canoe, and just came time enough to give him a BackStroke, which took the Fellow’s Wrist as Was coining down upon my Head, and cut his Hand off almost. . There are no shells. We see a variety of shells and pommels above, although most grips appear to brass, or possibly wire, twisted in a sharply ascending manner. Like all adamant weapons, it requires 30 Attack to wield. Under his command were Juan Corso and Pedro de Castro, two captains noted for their reprisal cruelty against English and French seamen. Again, there is no knuckle bow. It is unknown whether this cutlass is intended to portray a flibustier weapon. (It may also be pushed away, in the 18th century this was known as a “sawing” cut.) Scimitar. A direct thrust made with such a sword (see Tromp’s sword, for example) will result not in the tip penetrating the adversary, but with the first inch or two of the edge hitting. This form is occasionally seen combined with small shells on brass hilts as well, as in an example above. Although it’s unlikely that duels were regularly, or even occasionally, fought aboard ships, for reasons and evidence discussed in The Golden Age of Piracy, it doesn’t mean there weren’t occasional affrays with swords aboard ship. However, the most direct evidence we have of the sort of cutlasses used by these adventurers comes from several drawings of flibustiers in the 1680s by Paul Cornuau, a cartographer sent to survey French Caribbean ports, in particular those of Saint-Domingue (French Hispaniola, modern Haiti). Simple cutlass with a small shell hilt from the first quarter of the 18th century, virtually identical to 17th century examples. Allegorical image by Paul Cornuau from his chart, Plan du cartier du Portepaix, levé l’année, 1684. Some buccaneer cutlasses could have been of this form. The scimitar can also be obtained from killing monsters, and is a reward from the quest The Feud. Similar examples from the 17th and 18th centuries are known, including a Spanish cutlass. Heavily-curved blades are difficult to thrust with (see below). (Several other period images show him armed with a smallsword, but at least in the image below he is on the deck of a ship.) (All citations from the Calendar of State Papers, Colonial, America and West Indies. 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