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22nd January 2023, 12:01 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2021
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Antique Backsword
Hi All,
Can anyone tell me anything about this sword? Only one edge is sharp which I believe makes it a backsword? The handle is wooden. It has a sun etched into it. Appears genuinely old (to me). Thanks a lot! |
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22nd January 2023, 11:11 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2022
Location: Romania
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The blade looks old but also cut down. Don't know about the sun etching. The double fullers look similar to those on this British 1788 pattern heavy cavalry sword. https://www.militariahub.com/wp-cont...YCAVTROOP2.jpg
So I would guess late 1700s to early 1800s. Regarding the hilt... no idea. |
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22nd January 2023, 11:50 AM
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22nd January 2023, 05:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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It's a reused blade in an ethnic hilt, possibly Berber, try it in the ethnic forum.
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22nd January 2023, 05:49 PM
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Arms Historian
Join Date: Dec 2004
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This is indeed a cut down cavalry blade of 1780s-90s possibly French, certainly European, could be British. This type of wood hilt is typically associated with regions in Tunisia and environs. It is hard to say how long this blade circulated in this sphere, but backswords do seem to be seen on these types .
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22nd January 2023, 06:22 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portugal
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Let us then move this topic to the Ethno forum, to see how further things develop on the hilt.
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