Rapier sword in silver. Corresponds to the model 805. The sword of the bourgeois present in their finery. Spanish sword from the rapier, this elegant weapon was essential complement to the more expensive clothes, luxurious and elegant gentlemen, totally replacing the style of the Middle Ages, where the classicism of the swords became more sober and heavy.
This sword will be the forerunner of the current used in foil fencing with their appearance also revolutionizing the form of struggle used until then, prioritizing intelligence, speed and art, compared to mere brute force.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is when these swords acquire its peak, extending from Spain to the rest of Europe, and integrating into the dress of every gentleman, therefore subject to changing fashions, hence the elaborate design of its grip as baroque and ornamental.
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