[ANSTHRLD] RE: Heralds digest, Vol 1 #541 - 5 msgs

[Blaise de Cormeilles]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 10:16:28PM -0600, Tim McDaniel wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Joseph Percer <jpercer at stx.rr.com> wrote:
> >    Vert, two rapiers fesswise in saltire argent, a horseshoe opening to
> > chief in chief or, all within a bordure embattled or.
>
> If you have any doubt about your blazoning skill, please give the
> proposed blazon and a plain English description.  In particular
>
>
> Two rapiers fesswise (in pale, in this case):

(ASCII art snipped - one over the other laid horizontally, hilts to
sinister)

> in saltire

(ASCII art snipped - forming an X, hilts to base)

> You can't have both simultaneously.  What are their positions?

Did you (Joseph) maybe mean forming an X, hilts to sinister?  (SWAG)

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