Opinions on this sword

Jim McDougall · 31st August 2009, 10:58 PM

Gasp!!!! Wow!!! Mark............shiver me timbers, ya done did it!!
And these are fantastic, it sure looks to me like you've got 'privateers' cornered....and the upward curved blade in the British one. The new one has just gotta be Caribbean.
This grouping is outstanding

All the best,
Jim

M ELEY · 1st September 2009, 12:44 AM

Thanks, Jim. I knew the pirate in you might like these-

I think you are right that the new one is Caribbean. Very glad to add it to the collection. I know you are busy on the raod, but I was wondering what you thought of the top one? As I said, it resembles the m1845, but in other ways, it looks like some of the earlier ones in Gilkerson. Hard to tell with it's unusual pattern. Anyway, glad to have a handle on the original piece discussed. I mostly posted these to bring home the point of the iron grips, which until someone else disputes it, seems to have originated with the Brit patterns around 1790s.

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31st August 2009, 10:58 PM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,459	Gasp!!!! Wow!!! Mark............shiver me timbers, ya done did it!! And these are fantastic, it sure looks to me like you've got 'privateers' cornered....and the upward curved blade in the British one. The new one has just gotta be Caribbean. This grouping is outstanding All the best, Jim

1st September 2009, 12:44 AM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,184	Thanks, Jim. I knew the pirate in you might like these- I think you are right that the new one is Caribbean. Very glad to add it to the collection. I know you are busy on the raod, but I was wondering what you thought of the top one? As I said, it resembles the m1845, but in other ways, it looks like some of the earlier ones in Gilkerson. Hard to tell with it's unusual pattern. Anyway, glad to have a handle on the original piece discussed. I mostly posted these to bring home the point of the iron grips, which until someone else disputes it, seems to have originated with the Brit patterns around 1790s.