We welcome all readers of the blog interesting swords! Today we
tell about an unusual sword ... The Katzbalger is typical sword
of German and Swiss freelance. He appeared in the late XV and
was produced until the middle of the XVI century. Classify this
sword is very heavy on the one hand, it does have elements of
type XIIIb, on the other hand, it has a flat, diamond-shaped
cross section as a type XVIII since the late Middle Ages. If we
consider as a whole, katzbalger can be attributed to the type
XIIIb late Renaissance. Are characteristic of a strongly curved,
with a horizontal 5-shaped, parrying the bow. Later they evolved
into a regular eight. A widespread mistake is believed that the
name of the sword comes from the fact that the sheath was made
of cat fur [from him. Katze - Cat). Argued that such sheath of
the cat's fur allegedly was not the tip so that you can fence,
not exposing the sword. Such an explanation of the name is still
unlikely. Pictorial sources clearly confirm that katzbalger worn
in conve