Hand-and-a-Half Sword
1495–1505
- Medium
- steel, wood, leather; quillions and spirally fluted pommel of blackened steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 117.5 cm (46 1/4 in.); Blade: 90.2 cm (35 1/2 in.); Quillions: 26.4 cm (10 3/8 in.); Grip: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Arms and armor
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
About
This sword came to be called a hand-and-a-half, because it could either be used with both hands or just one.