Sword for ID ... please

fernando · 16th January 2023, 05:21 PM

A friend of mine needs you Gentlemen to identify this sword. Can you help, please ?

.

toaster5sqn · 16th January 2023, 07:57 PM

The blade has standard Solingen etching, the fullers appear to run out the end of the blade showing it to have been cut down, probably from cavalry length. The hilt is in the style of the British P1796 Light Cavalry but in brass when cavalry hilts were steel. My best guess is an unofficial British infantry sabre with a field blade replacement from approx 1796 - 1803.

Robert

fernando · 16th January 2023, 08:16 PM

Thanks much Robert. Will pass the info to my friend.

thinreadline · 16th January 2023, 11:23 PM

I do agree with the above answer but the scabbard fittings are most un British in style

Will M · 17th January 2023, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thinreadline

I do agree with the above answer but the scabbard fittings are most un British in style

A cut down blade (reused broken blade) and repurposed could have been done in India or elsewhere.

fernando · 18th January 2023, 10:01 AM

Thank you guys. Most certainly the scabbard is not the original one, shortened to fit the new blade lenght, but one arranged for the purpose. This because the present one suspends with a button and the previously longer sword must have suspended with rings.

16th January 2023, 05:21 PM	#1
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Sword for ID ... please A friend of mine needs you Gentlemen to identify this sword. Can you help, please ? . Attached Images

16th January 2023, 07:57 PM	#2
toaster5sqn Member Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: New Zealand Posts: 72	The blade has standard Solingen etching, the fullers appear to run out the end of the blade showing it to have been cut down, probably from cavalry length. The hilt is in the style of the British P1796 Light Cavalry but in brass when cavalry hilts were steel. My best guess is an unofficial British infantry sabre with a field blade replacement from approx 1796 - 1803. Robert

16th January 2023, 08:16 PM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Thanks much Robert. Will pass the info to my friend.

16th January 2023, 11:23 PM	#4
thinreadline Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Wirral Posts: 1,204	I do agree with the above answer but the scabbard fittings are most un British in style

18th January 2023, 10:01 AM	#6
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Thank you guys. Most certainly the scabbard is not the original one, shortened to fit the new blade lenght, but one arranged for the purpose. This because the present one suspends with a button and the previously longer sword must have suspended with rings.