Hunting Knife Combined with Wheellock Pistol blade ca. 1528-29, etched with a calendar for the years 1529-34; barrel dated 1540 or 1546 Ambrosius Gemlich German In the sixteenth century, wheellock pistols sometimes were combined with swords, knives, axes, maces, spears, and even crossbows, which could be used in the event the pistol misfired. Usually clumsy and impractical, combined weapons were nevertheless highly prized curiosities. On this example, the heavy, cleaverlike blade is etched with a calendar and the decorator's name.. Hunting Knife Combined with Wheellock Pistol. German, Munich. blade ca. 1528-29, etched with a calendar for the years 1529-34; barrel dated 1540 or 1546. Steel, gold, staghorn, bronze. Munich. Combination Weapons
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