24th January 2021, 05:47 PM | #31 |
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I like the contrast with the pristine sword knot .
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24th January 2021, 06:13 PM | #32 |
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The original 19c yellow and navy blue nylon paracord sword knot (portapee), for display and combat purposes only. There is a blue ranger bead slider knot for tightening it on the wrist just above where the knot is dropped thru the guard which was slid further up for the earlier photo.
I did unwrap it and pushed it aside for the photo above, but I did leave it on in the slot in the knuckle guard to better contrast the pommel bit. Last edited by kronckew; 24th January 2021 at 06:28 PM. |
24th January 2021, 06:24 PM | #33 |
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An artistic touch .
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24th January 2021, 06:53 PM | #34 |
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For further comparison, the UK Coastal Riders (Coast Guard) sabre. In it's metal scabbard & frog, with a proper gold bullion (& naval blue accents) officer's sword knot. note the brass guard stirrup guard has 2 added bars on the right but none added on the left like the 1821 & 1910.
It gets the good knot since I was a US Coast Guard officer |
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Gordon, thank you so much for this fantastic and detailed insight into these checkered wood grip sabers, which as you confirm here indeed were used by the 13th Bengal Lancers. As I have mentioned before, I had the great honor of visiting the late Brigadier Francis Ingall who was an officer with the 6th Bengal Lancers in the Khyber Province in 1930. He led an all out cavalry charge on the Khyber Plain in 1931, and wrote "Last of the Bengal Lancers". The 6th had been amalgamated with the 13th, and he showed me an identical saber which was clearly marked for 13th BL. The reason I added this example in this thread was to show that the M1796 style saber remained in favor in the British cavalry in India into the 20th c. The detail you have provided has given me great material to add to my notes on these, and is very much appreciated. Last edited by Jim McDougall; 24th January 2021 at 07:22 PM. |
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Although difficult to tell from a photo, I assume that the blade would be around 30 1/2" inches, measured in a straight line from the face of guard at shoulder, to the tip of point; width at shoulder about 1 1/2" inches. Having said that, some blades may have lost metal owing to repeated sharpening, or even the very tip broken off the point , which I have seen on the odd example. |
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