5th September 2023, 05:25 PM | #1 |
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Unknown Short Sword
I haven't see anything like this with a strange guard;also marked W8&Co ?
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5th September 2023, 08:49 PM | #2 | |
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5th September 2023, 09:21 PM | #3 |
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Weyersburg & Co?
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5th September 2023, 09:27 PM | #4 |
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Maybe W8 c Co, ?
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5th September 2023, 11:28 PM | #5 |
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6th September 2023, 08:15 AM | #7 |
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Reminds me of mid-19th c. 'pioneer' swords. There were many different 'styles'. Yours looks like a cross between a pioneer saber and an ecole de mars type...
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6th September 2023, 10:16 AM | #8 |
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Here's a pioneer/sapper's short sword with similar pattern blade-
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6th September 2023, 02:38 PM | #9 |
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M.ELEY, do you have another sword that you meant to post. I get the reference to the "Ecole de Mars," in regards to the guard and also it does look like a light Pioneer Sword, possibly Austrian. I haven't ruled out that it is a Society sword for a group such as the ODD FELLOWS, etc., except that it is too plain and they usually rounded or cut off the ends; I guess something about drinking and sharp tips don't mix.
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7th September 2023, 05:49 AM | #10 |
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Hello drac2k. Yes, unfortunately the Austrian sapper's sword I was unable to post. The blade on it was nearly exact, being the gladius pattern, but the hilt was still not a match. Hope we can all solve the mystery!
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7th September 2023, 01:21 PM | #11 |
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Thanks M.ELEY, I think we are on the right path; or maybe I'll just do what all of the Old Timers do at Miltaria shows when they don't know what something is............call it" Confederate," LOL.
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8th September 2023, 02:28 PM | #12 |
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Brilliant!
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9th September 2023, 12:12 AM | #13 |
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I like it….
I suspect the key to this might be the handle pins. I feel like I have seen similar screw fittings on some bayonets. N2s |
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11th September 2023, 04:27 AM | #15 |
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Hmm, perhaps a varient of this model? (I know. Too short and only slightly similar, but blade shape, securing pins similar. I get a feeling your sword is more of a 'munitions grade', not being insulting, but a field sword, like the pioneer models)
https://www.wardaggers.com/BC311.htm |
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