Feder (fencing)
Renaissance training sword with balanced weight and spatulated tip.
It features a thin, rounded blade with a large ricasso and a heavy hilt and pommel, giving it the same weight and center of balance as a real sword. The construction moves the center of percussion beyond the tip. The spatulated tip may have been covered with a leather sleeve for safer thrusting, though direct historical evidence is lacking. The term Federschwert is modern.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Training sword
- Notable manuals
- Paulus Hector Mair, Joachim Meyer
- Related guild
- Federfechter (formed 1570 in Prague)
- Etymology
- German 'Feder' meaning 'feather' or 'quill'; also used for metal springs from 17th century
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