Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Another naval cutlass- I'm addicted

M ELEY · 1st July 2010, 08:22 AM

Yes, I can't seem to get enough of these. An eBay buy, I was lucky o get the high bid. Good price, though...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

The pics here don't do it justice, but don't have time right now to take any (plus my computer crashed and took my pic program with it!) Hopefully, I can snap some shots soon with a comparison with my other cutlasses.

This cutlass similar to the one pictured on pg 87 of Boarders Away. Private purchase, of course. My question about this piece is the faint marking found on the blade and here is the conundrum. It is a very weak crown with a faint slanted line next to an R. The typical culprits are for GR, WR or VR (George III/IV, William IV Or Victoria. The slanted line COULD be part of the V or W, but this cutlass strikes me as being of the earlier patterns than other Brit models (m1845/55, etc). I have seen some GR swords with the G having a pronounced curve on its top, perhaps explaining the weak slanted line? Or does anyone ever know if older swords were sometimes restamped at later periods? I have seen Victorian cutlasses with the VR marking, but most of them don't resemble the m1803 so much as this one. Opinions? Info? Thanks!

1st July 2010, 08:22 AM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	Another naval cutlass- I'm addicted Yes, I can't seem to get enough of these. An eBay buy, I was lucky o get the high bid. Good price, though... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT The pics here don't do it justice, but don't have time right now to take any (plus my computer crashed and took my pic program with it!) Hopefully, I can snap some shots soon with a comparison with my other cutlasses. This cutlass similar to the one pictured on pg 87 of Boarders Away. Private purchase, of course. My question about this piece is the faint marking found on the blade and here is the conundrum. It is a very weak crown with a faint slanted line next to an R. The typical culprits are for GR, WR or VR (George III/IV, William IV Or Victoria. The slanted line COULD be part of the V or W, but this cutlass strikes me as being of the earlier patterns than other Brit models (m1845/55, etc). I have seen some GR swords with the G having a pronounced curve on its top, perhaps explaining the weak slanted line? Or does anyone ever know if older swords were sometimes restamped at later periods? I have seen Victorian cutlasses with the VR marking, but most of them don't resemble the m1803 so much as this one. Opinions? Info? Thanks! Last edited by M ELEY; 1st July 2010 at 08:49 AM.