Portuguese cavalry troopers sabre.

[Radboud]

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

There must be more than one McNumpty around .

This I can confirm as a verified fact.

But seriously Tim, all these examples show is that they weren't overly concerned with even grinds and the swords were made to a budget (big surprise there for trooper swords).

This isn't evidence of hand forgeing, what I'm seeing in the photos is uneven grinds which are all done by hand as both of us noted earlier.

And to be honest, I've seen (own) older blades with better/cleaner grinds than these.

But knock yourself out, believe what you want to believe.