Sword, Knife, Dagger

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Illustrations:

Period source/s:

Merdein Swob, trenket (shoemaker's/cordwainer's knife). 1459 From the Das Hausbuch der Mendelschen (Blatt 80r), (Stadtbibliothek Nürnberg).

http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/RESEARCH/SHOEMAKER/shoemaker.htm

Modern

Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):

• Cleaver
• Knife
• Scabbard
• Shave, currier’s
• Sword
• Sword: claymore
• Sword: cutlass
• Sword: dussack
• Sword: estoc
• Sword: falchion
• Sword: flamberge
• Sword: gladius
• Sword: great sword
• Sword: katana
• Sword: ken
• Sword: rapier
• Sword: scimitar
• Sword: seax
• Sword: shamshir
• Vajhra
• Zulfikar

Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - http://www.s-gabriel.org/heraldry/

Archive of St. Gabriel reports - http://www.panix.com/~gabriel/public-bin/archive.cgi

Laurel Armory Articles - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/armory_articles.html

Period Armorials

Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - http://heraldry.sca.org/laurel/precedents.html

Morsulus Heralds Website - http://www.morsulus.org/ (to search the LoARs and Precedents)

Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

Definition:

(includes defaults, proper tinctures, blazoning)

October 2014 LoAR - first instance of a trenket:

William filius Willelmi de Wyke. Badge. (Fieldless) A trenket fesswise sable. A trenket is a cordwainer's knife. This submission was pended on the May 2014 LoAR to discuss the registerability of this depiction. http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2014/10/14-10lar.html

December 1975: sword embrued (dripping with blood):

Benson of Stannington registered in December of 1975:

• Per pale azure and argent, a sword proper, embrued.

http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/1975/12/lar.html

Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

Conflict:

July 2020 - cleaver vs. sword

Guillem Cosinier. Gules, a cleaver sable. "...This item is not in conflict with the armory of Peter of Stratford, Or, chapé checky argent and sable, a sword sable. (May 1993 via East). There is a DC for the field. There is also at least a DC between a cleaver and a sword: "we are declining to rule at this time if there is an SC or a DC granted between a dagger and a cleaver" (Cecily de Chinon, Meridies, September 2018)..."

http://heraldry.sca.org/loar/2020/07/20-07lar.html#65

Collected Precedents:

• 2nd Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (April 2011 - August 2011) - Collected Armory Precedents
• 1st Tenure of Elisabeth de Rossignol (May 2005 - July 2008) - SWORD and DAGGER and KNIFE
• The 2nd Tenure of François la Flamme (October 2004 - May 2005) - SWORDS and OTHER WEAPONS]
• The Tenure of Shauna of Carrick Point (May 2004 - August 2004) - Collected Armory Precedents
• 1st Tenure of François la Flamme (August 2001 - April 2004) - Collected Armory Precedents
• The Tenure of Elsbeth Anne Roth (June 1999 - July 2001) - Collected Armory Precedents
• The Tenure of Jaelle of Armida (June 1996 - June 1999) - Single HTML Document
• 2nd Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (November 1993 - June 1996) -
  • the 1st part (Nov 1993 - June 1994) and
  • the 2nd part (July 1994 - June 1996)
• The Tenure of Bruce Draconarius of Mistholme (June 1992 - October 1993) - Collected precedents
• 1st Tenure of Da'ud ibn Auda (June 1990 - June 1992) -
  • the 1st year (June 1990 - June 1991) and
  • the 2nd year (July 1991 - June 1992)
• The Tenure of Alisoun MacCoul of Elphane (September 1986 - June 1990) - Collected Precedents
• The Tenure of Baldwin of Erebor (August 1984 - August 1986) - Single HTML Document
• The Tenure of Wilhelm von Schlüssel (August 1979 - August 1984) - Collected Precedents
• The Tenure of Karina of the Far West (December 1975 - June 1979) - Collected Precedents
• The Early Days (June 1971 - June 1975) - Collected Precedents

In the Ordinary

(includes blade, cinquedea, claidheamh mor, claymore, corsica, dagger, dirk, estoc, falchion, fauchard, flamberge, gladius, katana, knife, kris, rapier, saber, sabre, scabbard, scimitar, seax, shamshir, skene)

• Sword - 1 - Bendwise
• Sword - 1 - Bendwise sinister
• Sword - 1 - Fesswise
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Argent - Sole primary
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Argent - Group primary
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Argent - Secondary
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Argent - Tertiary
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Azure
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Fur
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Gules
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Multicolor
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Or
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Purpure
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Sable
• Sword - 1 - Palewise - Vert
• Sword - 2 - Argent
• Sword - 2 - Azure
• Sword - 2 - Fur
• Sword - 2 - Gules
• Sword - 2 - Multicolor
• Sword - 2 - Or
• Sword - 2 - Purpure
• Sword - 2 - Sable
• Sword - 2 - Vert
• Sword - 3 or more
• Swordfish - see Fish - Other]