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Aufputz is the name for tufts, tassels and fringes made of animal hair or wool that were attached to hunting and war weapons from the 16th to 18th centuries . Mostly they were attached to the following weapons :

• Lances
• Skewers
• Two-handed
• Spontaneous
• Ceremonial swords

The tassels served as an ornament . An additional function of the tassels was to keep blood away from the gun handles. Blood on the handles could affect the grip and thus the possible uses of the weapon.

literature

• Gerhard Seifert: Technical terms of edged weapons. German ABC of the European naked defensive weapons. (Cut, thrust, hit and hand thrown weapons). Verlag Seifert, Haig 1981.