Unknown French Sword

Gavin Nugent · 31st March 2023, 11:48 AM

I'll be honest, I've no real confirmation about what this is or was or maybe, but under a personal feel lens I see this as having quite decent age to it.

What I struggle with is the scabbard fittings and the peening of the tang, I've come to expect better of the French makers of the day and feel this may be something else completely.

I looked through every page of Christian Aries work on the subject of swords and only a single entry was noted for the anything similar, a type already presented.

What I didn't know which was interesting, is the extra quillons seen on the Ecole de Mars sword was actually based on the Moroccan Nimcha/Saif... and that they made a model with the same hilt too... one I have never seen in the market...

An interesting thing to ponder over.

Gavin

31st March 2023, 11:48 AM	#13
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	I'll be honest, I've no real confirmation about what this is or was or maybe, but under a personal feel lens I see this as having quite decent age to it. What I struggle with is the scabbard fittings and the peening of the tang, I've come to expect better of the French makers of the day and feel this may be something else completely. I looked through every page of Christian Aries work on the subject of swords and only a single entry was noted for the anything similar, a type already presented. What I didn't know which was interesting, is the extra quillons seen on the Ecole de Mars sword was actually based on the Moroccan Nimcha/Saif... and that they made a model with the same hilt too... one I have never seen in the market... An interesting thing to ponder over. Gavin Attached Images