Need help with the markings on this Swashbuckling Cutlass / Sabre?

Jim McDougall · 15th May 2015, 08:47 PM

You're very welcome Dana!
Indeed, study never stops, and I have always perceived these pages as my curriculum in a 'university' of the study of arms (hoplology...but never cared much for the term

where I was studying for a degree......with a small army of 'professors' providing endless 'homework' !
It has been an exciting journey and I hope never ending.

As Ulfberth has well noted, what a perfect and colorful history for a beautiful example of these dusagge. It is very interesting that St. Augustine, a key port in the 'Spanish Main' and the busy trade networks of those times, would be a repository for a wide spectrum of arms from many countries.

All best regards,
Jim

15th May 2015, 08:47 PM	#19
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,673	You're very welcome Dana! Indeed, study never stops, and I have always perceived these pages as my curriculum in a 'university' of the study of arms (hoplology...but never cared much for the term where I was studying for a degree......with a small army of 'professors' providing endless 'homework' ! It has been an exciting journey and I hope never ending. As Ulfberth has well noted, what a perfect and colorful history for a beautiful example of these dusagge. It is very interesting that St. Augustine, a key port in the 'Spanish Main' and the busy trade networks of those times, would be a repository for a wide spectrum of arms from many countries. All best regards, Jim