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Rivkin · 16th October 2006, 06:16 AM

You should ask McDougall about american/mexican swords, to me it looks like something similar not so much to earlier rapiers but to spanish heavy cavalry "backblades", 1768/1803 patterns with what I guess a mexican eagle (?).

16th October 2006, 06:16 AM	#3
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	You should ask McDougall about american/mexican swords, to me it looks like something similar not so much to earlier rapiers but to spanish heavy cavalry "backblades", 1768/1803 patterns with what I guess a mexican eagle (?).