Mu Zera Rekuwanikwa, varwi vechiPutukezi vakatanga nzendo dzokushinga ongorora nzvimbo dzisingazivikanwi uye gadzira nzira dzekutengeserana. Kuti vave nechokwadi chekuchengeteka kwavo pazvikepe nemakaraveri, vakashandisa a chombo chakasiyana inonzi Carracks Black Sword, inozivikanwawo seCrab Sword.
Iri bakatwa rinoshamisa rakagadzirwa muPortugal mukati mezana ramakore rechi 15 uye rakagadzirirwa chaizvo varwi nevafambisi vezvikepe mukuongorora kwavo kwenyika. Yaiva negadhi rakasiyana rine zvindori zviviri zvekudzivirira, zvakagadzirirwa kuchengetedza zvigunwe zvemuchengeti apo ichishanda senzira yekuteya banga remuvengi.
Imwe yeanozivikanwa maitiro eCarracks Black Sword yaive ruvara rwayo dema. Varwi vechiPutukezi vakapenda minondo nhema kuti vadzivise kupenya kwechiedza, izvo zvingaratidza kuvapo kwavo pazvikepe. Pamusoro pezvo, pendi nhema yakabatsira kudzikisira kuora kunokonzerwa nemvura yemunyu, kuve nechokwadi chehupenyu hurefu hwekushanda kwebakatwa.
Kupfuura mashandiro ayo, bakatwa raive nezita remadunhurirwa rakasiyana nemamwe pakati pevarwi vechiPutukezi. Vakazvitumidza se "Colhona", izwi rinoshandura ku "mabhora mahombe" muchiPutukezi. Iri zita rinoverengerwa nebakatwa denderedzwa rekupedzisira mahwendefa akafanana nemachende maviri, akasanganiswa nechimiro chayo chenhengo yenhengo yemuviri.
Mabviro chaiwo ebakatwa haana kujeka, asi minondo yakafanana ine hunhu hwakafanana yakawanikwawo pakati pemauto eCastilian nemamwe matunhu eIberian Peninsula. Yakazozivikanwa semunondo weIberia wekupera kwezana ramakore rechi 15.
Munondo wevarindi wechiPutukezi, mumwe muenzaniso wakakurumbira pakati pemauto echiPutukezi panguva iyi, waive nebadza rakatwasuka rine chidimbu chedhaimondi, discoidal pommel, nevarindi vakaita sevolute. Mabviro emunondo uyu zvakare haana kujeka, asi anogona kuoneka mumifananidzo kubva mukupera kwezana ramakore rechi 14.
Muimbi ane mukurumbira wechiPutukezi Nuno Gonçalves aisanganisira zvine mukurumbira Munondo wevarindi vechiPutukezi mumabasa ake, akadai seSaint Vincent Panels nePastrana Tapestries, achiwedzera kusimbisa kukosha kwayo kwetsika.
Nepo Munondo wevarindi wechiPutukezi neCarracks Black Sword vachigovana zvakafanana mukugadzira, zvakakosha kuti usavavhiringidze. Iyo Carracks Black Sword, ine colhona yayo, yaive yakasarudzika vhezheni yechiPutukezi yakatorwa kubva mubakatwa revarindi vechiPutukezi. Kuwedzerwa kwendiro kana kuti dhisiki pakupera kwequillon imwe neimwe kwakapa mubati webakatwa rimwe divi muhondo yemelee.
Mapakatwa ecolhona ainyanya kushandiswa mumaguta ekutengesera echiPutukezi muAfrica muzana remakore rechi16 uye akazova zviratidzo zvekukudzwa zvinombundirwa nemadzishe eko. Uku kuwedzera kwechiPutukezi muAfrica kwakakonzera kupararira kwemunondo pakati pevagari vemuAfrica, vaiutora sechiratidzo chechimiro.
Muzvinyorwa zvemazuva ano, Carracks Black Sword yaiwanzotsanangurwa se "espada preta de bordo," ichisimbisa pendi yaro nhema uye kushandiswa kwayo kurwisana nemaoko-ku-maoko pazvikepe nenhare dziri pedyo nemhenderekedzo yeAfrica.
Mukupedzisa, Carracks Black Sword, inozivikanwa seCrab Sword kana Colhona, yaive chombo chinoshamisa chakagadzirirwa kusangana nezvinodiwa zvakasiyana yevarwi vechiPutukezi panguva ye Zera Rekuwanikwa. Ruvara rwayo rutema, murindi anosiyana, uye mamwe mablades akaiita chombo chinotyisa, ichibvumira masoja kuti asaonekwe uye kurwisa ngura. Sezvo tsvakiridzo yechiPutukezi yakawedzera muAfrica, bakatwa rakawanawo mukurumbira pakati pevagari vemuAfrica sechiratidzo chechimiro chinoremekedzwa. Nhoroondo yemunondo uye kukosha kwayo inoshanda seuchapupu hwehungwaru hunoshamisa uye kugona kwemasoja echiPutukezi panguva ino yekutsvagisa nekuwanikwa.
