For comment: Possibly a 'Berber saber'

katana · 25th September 2010, 11:55 AM

I think Wayne may be correct about the blade...The posted sword and the LC 1796 sword shown together on the pictures posted by Wayne seem to be to scale. The LC blade is longer as it still has the tang....I believe on the posted sword the tang was removed....the forte re-worked so that slabs could be fitted.
Origins

really could be arabic or South American....at the moment I'm siding with South American. The LC 1796 was adopted by the Prussians,1811 pattern or "Blücher sabre" and used by Portuguese and Spanish cavalry.....

Regards David

ariel · 25th September 2010, 12:41 PM

I have already shown one of my Nimchas: the blade is marked Nueva Granada, ie. what is currently Colombia.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=granada

Spain had possessions in North Africa, and it is not out of court that some blades manufactured in the American colonies could have found their way to the North African ones. By the same token, N. African sabers could have been brought to the New World to start a new fashion. It was " all in the family".

25th September 2010, 11:55 AM	#1
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	I think Wayne may be correct about the blade...The posted sword and the LC 1796 sword shown together on the pictures posted by Wayne seem to be to scale. The LC blade is longer as it still has the tang....I believe on the posted sword the tang was removed....the forte re-worked so that slabs could be fitted. Origins really could be arabic or South American....at the moment I'm siding with South American. The LC 1796 was adopted by the Prussians,1811 pattern or "Blücher sabre" and used by Portuguese and Spanish cavalry..... Regards David

25th September 2010, 12:41 PM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I have already shown one of my Nimchas: the blade is marked Nueva Granada, ie. what is currently Colombia. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=granada Spain had possessions in North Africa, and it is not out of court that some blades manufactured in the American colonies could have found their way to the North African ones. By the same token, N. African sabers could have been brought to the New World to start a new fashion. It was " all in the family".