This sword derives its named from the Spanish adventurer
Francisco Pizzaro who carried a sword of similar design. Transitional
cut and thrust swords such as our Pizzaro could be called the precursor
to the rapier. Designed primarily for thrusting to accommodate the
evolving fighting techniques of the early 1500s, it still had enough
mass to lend incase one needed to hack at something or someone. The
early style compound guard still offered the traditional and stylish
S-curved quillons of earlier era swords, but also had both a knuckle
bow and pas d’ane or finger rings for protecting the forefinger
when the sword is gripped with the finger extended over the guard
at the ricasso. (Leather Scabbard Included)