German ww1 pipeback
 

Except it is not. While house bound after knee replacement, finding things to do. It is the cheaper alternative to the German army issue the Brazilian version made by the sword smiths, exactly the same blade. Cheaper but not so nice handle and most unlikely to have been on the western front but you never know it is possible. To think that a brazilian could have gone to war {at least possibly carried} against the Germans with a German sword. I like this style of blade, feels more nimble than the British 1908 perhaps not quite as much a pig sticker though. Good budget purchase to my mind.

Great sword! I actually just got a Brazilian export of my own. Except it is the model 1880. Very unique because it is (to the best of my knowledge) the only South American sword of this period or any sword worldwide that kitbashes ideas from exclusively British swords. The blade is ~35" long. The grip/tang is of the 1853+ pattern. The hilt is unmistakably the rare 1821 heavy cavalry hilt. At this time, the only British follow-up was the Maltese Cross 1864 which was reinforced and reworked up through 1899 to varying degrees. Ultimately ending up with a shorter blade, loooonger grip, and a hefty weight.

I am unsure if the Brazilian 1880 would have been found to be deficient in any of the ways the British cavalry found the 1864/1882+ examples. But that being said, I find it handles beautifully for a trooper's sabre. It feels solid in the hand, not too forward weighted, but there is a good responsiveness in the blade to any hand actions. Grip shape may or may not be good but that is a relatively easy fix.

I got mine for quite cheap and I would strongly encourage others curious to get one. Like the underrated Chilean 1890, there was some cool R&D going on in South America wrt picking and choosing features of European swords to make their own!

Apologies, I've completely forgotten to take pictures of mine but they are fantastic handling swords!