Cold Steel Cinquedea 14.5″ 1055 Carbon Steel Blade Steel Handle Black For Sale

Cold Steel Cinquedea 14.5″ 1055 Carbon Steel Blade Steel Handle Black Information

Features

• Double edged
• Hand carved rosewood grip
• Leather scabbard with engraved steel throat and chape

The Cinquedea Ching-kwi-dey-uh gained popularity as the sidearm of choice for noblemen walking through the narrow alleyways and walled cities of Italy. A blade worn exclusively for civilian self-defense, it was essentially the precursor to the civilian side sword and the rapier – and yet, this instrument of personal protection seems to have owed much of its design to fashion as it did to the cut and thrust of mortal combat!

Surviving examples of these unusual short handled and steeply tapered blades are often highly embellished and ornate. With etched or gilded blades and deep multiple fullers that border on jewelry rather than weaponry – but beneath the romanticisms of high renaissance fashion lay a tool made with purpose. A wide, stiff cut and thrust blade that could be brought into play in confined spaces, and deliver a mortal wound!

Cold Steel’s interpretation of the Cinquedea is made from expertly heat treated 1055 Carbon steel with a highly engraved guard and pommel, and a hand-carved rosewood grip. The Cinquedea comes complete with a leather scabbard with engraved steel throat and chape.

WARNING: This product can expose you to Nickel (Metallic), which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to – www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

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