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Old 10th November 2008, 03:05 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by celtan
BTW, what's the average length for the French M1822 saber blade?
This one has a 34 3/4" long blade, width 1.25" at the ricasso, and .75" near the rounded tip.
The blade was originally even longer, back before the tip was rounded.
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Mine had 34 1/2" and weighed 0,774 kg. I didn't keep a record of the width. As far as i can remember, the cross section looked similar to this one. Not that i assimilate that a blade can be recurved in such manner without leaving deformation marks. I go more for the experiment prototype. But let me not say is a good specimen, as i hope to be its next owner when you get fed up of it; i fancy abnormal stuff ... like me
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