Latest Mystery Sword

sabertasche · 9th February 2006, 07:08 AM

HI all, attached are scans of a sword I purchased last week. Stylistically it appears to be Eastern, but the blade is blue and gilt and remindes me of French blades. The blade is not Eastern and I have no idea as to whom may have used this sword. It is too light to be a military sword, there are no Cyphers anywhere so I can't attribute it to a city or state within the Austro - Hungarian Empire. I'm thinking it may just be a gentleman's "court" sword in a eastern fashion.

All the metal mounts gilt silver and are hallmarked for Vienna 1825 - 1866 (they're hard to make out). There is large amounts of white enamel on the flowers and inset real tourquois stones.

The scabbard was covered in blue rotting fabric held together with tape (I pulled this off). Once I removed the mounts I found traces of red fabric underneath them. I plan to recover the scabbard in red fabric rather than the blue.

All the mounts are also marked M&K. I have no idea who this is so I hope someone out there might let me know.

Comments and insights are most welcome.

Greg

9th February 2006, 07:08 AM	#1
sabertasche Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 149	Latest Mystery Sword HI all, attached are scans of a sword I purchased last week. Stylistically it appears to be Eastern, but the blade is blue and gilt and remindes me of French blades. The blade is not Eastern and I have no idea as to whom may have used this sword. It is too light to be a military sword, there are no Cyphers anywhere so I can't attribute it to a city or state within the Austro - Hungarian Empire. I'm thinking it may just be a gentleman's "court" sword in a eastern fashion. All the metal mounts gilt silver and are hallmarked for Vienna 1825 - 1866 (they're hard to make out). There is large amounts of white enamel on the flowers and inset real tourquois stones. The scabbard was covered in blue rotting fabric held together with tape (I pulled this off). Once I removed the mounts I found traces of red fabric underneath them. I plan to recover the scabbard in red fabric rather than the blue. All the mounts are also marked M&K. I have no idea who this is so I hope someone out there might let me know. Comments and insights are most welcome. Greg Attached Images