Fauchard

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fauchard has a long straight single-edged blade with a slight convex curve at the tip; a curved beak-like metal quillon with a sharp point extending to the right; a short metal crossguard with a sharp point extending to the left; a short metal projection from the bottom; and a handle partially visible at the bottom. The blade and quillon and crossguard and handle have etching in a curvilinear pattern. The background is gray.