Why this MASSIVE Spanish RAPIER is INSANELY UNFAIR!

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[ironpirate]

Pedro's enemies thought he was small, but actually he was just far away when he poked them.

[El_Carrito_del_Helao]

As the old saying goes: "Donde un español no llega con la mano, llega con la punta de su espada".
"Where a Spaniard cannot reach with his hand, he reaches with the tip of his sword".

[robertusaugustus]

“Sir, we have arrived for the duel yet you do not carry a sword??”

*my three servants come bearing a comically long rapier*

[ComesPerpetvs]

Imagine the skill of the Master bladesmith who put that on paper and calculated how to make it all work. Peace of art! ❤

[miguelperez]

Pedro de Lezama was a Spanish sword maker ("Leçama" as written in 17th century Spanish)

[sergioheredia]

-Manolo, you cannot carry a spear in the tabern
-We will see

[meinel]

Googling a bit about this, it seems that in the 17th century there was a master swordsmith called Pedro de Lezama (in old Castilian the letter "z" could be a "ç") who used to forge in Bilbao, Toledo and Seville this kind of swords with a shell hilt (or cup). It seems that an important part of this production was exported to the British Isles.

[Marcus]

- How long do you want your rapier to be?
- Yes.

[tl]

That's the blade that the Destreza masters said would singlehandedly ruin your life, make your friends abandon you, etc...

[freebyrdwins]

That’s what we call “espada ropera” in Spain and it was used one-handed while in the other they used a “vizcaína” which was like a dagger, for all of you interested in why Spain was the home of the greatest swordsmans, red Captain Alatriste adventures by Arturo Perez-Reverte.

[jmlalonso]

"Where a Spaniard cannot reach with his hand, he reaches with the tip of his sword". That phrase from the quote was uttered by a Spanish ambassador to an arrogant courtier of king Louis XIV in Versailles who had mocked him for his short stature in front of a beautiful lady with a tall rose bush in the gardens path. In fact, he used his blade to get a rose with a smart flourish and offered it as a present to her, enough to get a smile and a blush from the lady. A lot was said time after about what tipe of blade was talking about the ambassador (wink wink, IYKWIM 😏), but no doubt that gentleman would have a sword like that one. Because size matters, but never judge a book by its cover 😁

[daemonharper]

The craftsmanship is incredible - what a smith!

[Nekogrl]

I'd never ever have thought I'd see a rapier that outlengths a montante, yet here we are. Thank you so much for sharing, Matt!

[demoths]

Therapist: the spanish zweihander isn't real, it cant hurt you.

The spanish zweihander:

[Geersart]

that blade shape is remarkable. Incredible craftsmanship and skill must've gone into forging

[viarnay]

That sword must be 400 years old and is still in excellent shape..

[skenzyme]

Get a few guys with these rapiers and you got yourself a *phalanx*

[pedrogaiao]

In Portugal (and most likely in Iberian Peninsula), long rapiers of around that length were called Toledanas or Toledans, because Toledo was most likely a reference place for these just as Konigsbergs (Colichemarde) referred to Konigsberg. They were still being used (illegally) by people in towns well into 1700

[MaxBrodsky.]

Mr Easton I must say that your move to cooperate with auction houses is a genius one! No single collector can own every interesting sword and this way we get to see so much more new and rare stuff!

[bencoomer]

A rapier that outreaches a full two-handed sword?

Geebus...