Items above arrived today. Clip point knife is a POS - Piece of sh... - er, junk. 1mm steel blade.not a hint of sharpening or bevel. will go in the oops box in the outside store room later.
Sword has an 18in. 4mm thick, 1.25 in. wide. Good part is it's flat left side, chisel grind on the right, and sort of sharp. been rode hard and put away wet as my BIL woulda said on his cattle ranch.blade tang had moved out of the handle a bit, I was gonna pull it out all the way & get some sticky stuff in the hole, gave it a tap on the table with the pommel, to see it it'd move in further, it went in all the way and I can't pull it out, so I'll leave well enough alone. bolster is tight again up against the tang shoulders. Cleaned loose red rust off the flat side of the blade & a few spots on the other. Simply carved Scabbard is coloured mahogany colour & is carved and closed both sides has a small loop of brownish cord and a two holed toggle, for a belt suspension... can't afford (or find) a real antique one yet, so it'll do for now.
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