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The Gunner's Stiletto

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2012

J. G. Mann
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The form of the Fusetto di bombardiere, or gunner's stiletto, is typical of most Italian stilettos of the seventeenth century. The grip is usually spiral, of ivory or wood inlaid with bone, or of turned iron, the quillons short and straight, and the blade stiffly triangular and tapering to a point. It is distinguished from other stilettos by the numbered graduations marked along one side of the blade.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 1931, pp. 46 - 50
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1931

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page 46 note 1 Inventario de la monition de le Sale de lo Exmo Cono di X, Venice 1548—Pugnali e fusetti senza foderi—94, quoted by Angelucci, , Catalogo della Armeria Reale, 1890, p. 328, footnote.Google Scholar

page 46 note 2 Op. cit. pp. 328–9. Gelli, , Guida del raccogliatore di armi antiche, 1900Google Scholar; Lucia, , La Sala d'armi del museo dell' Arsenale di Venezia, 1908Google Scholar; and Lensi, , Catalogo del Museo Stibbert, 1917, reproduce the substance of his footnote without adding further information.Google Scholar