blade marking : WARtd WdCA

[asomotif]

I just bought a blade with the marking : WAR td WdCA (see picture.)

The letter type feels like early British, but hey, what do I know...
I got lost from the etno forum again.

Any input is welcome

Best regards,
Willem

[fernando]

Hi Willem,
Look here:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=warranted
Fernando

[Dmitry]

Warranted Cast Steel does sound plausible.
What's the rest of this piece look like?

[asomotif]

Thanks Fernando.

So the marking will probably stand for : Warranted Cast steel ?

And the blade might be a cutlass from just after 1800;s ?

Here some pictures of my example.

[Dmitry]

Looks like a trade blade, made for the eastern market, could be as late as the early 1900s.

[asomotif]

Hello Dmitry,

So these trade blades maintained the broad fuller ?

[Henk]

Looks like a Rudus. Blade could be from a klewang and for the purpose a reshaped tip. Nice oddity.

[Dmitry]

Originally Posted by asomotif

Hello Dmitry,

So these trade blades maintained the broad fuller ?

Hi,
In this case the shape of the blade doesn't comply with its apparent age, imho. For instance, look at the British-made blades made for the Ethiopian trade. They look like the British Napoleonic period blades, but were made well into the 1900s.