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

Pictorial Dictionary of SCA Heraldry (3rd edition):

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• [currier’s]
• [[4]]
• [claymore]

[cutlass] [dussack] [estoc] [falchion] [flamberge] [gladius] [great sword] [katana] [ken] [rapier] [scimitar] [seax] [shamshir]

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Brickbat's Armorial Stash - [[7]]:

Pennsic Traceable Art Project

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#x--Sources:Sources:

Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Heraldry Archive" - [[8]] Archive of St. Gabriel reports - [[9]] Laurel Armory Articles - [[10]] Period Armorials

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#x--Precedents:Precedents:

Precedents of the SCA College of Arms - [[11]] Morsulus Heralds Website - [[12]] (to search the LoARs and Precedents) Restatement Wiki - [[13]] (restatements of Precedents) Use the above links to be sure any precedents listed below haven't been superseded by newer precedents.

October 2014 LoAR - first instance of a trenket:

#236William 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 [[http:oanda.sca.org/oanda_date.cgi?y1=1975&m1=December&y2=1975&m2=December&kA=checked&kC=checked&kD=checked&kE=checked&kG=checked&kH=checked&kK=checked&kL=checked&kM=checked&kN=checked&kO=checked&kQ=checked&kR=checked&kS=checked&kT=checked&kV=checked&kW=checked&kX=checked&km=checked&kn=checked&kw=checked|in December of 1975]]:

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

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

#x--Precedents:-Registerability:Registerability:

(Restricted, Reserved, SFPP, OOP)

#x--Precedents:-Collected Precedents:Collected Precedents:

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

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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)

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

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