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Location: Germany
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Hello,
around two years ago I won this heavily corroded short sword. It's exactly like the old boys liked it, thin, wide and heavy. Without the Tang it is ~55 cm long. The cutting edge looks gruesome, this sword saw truly brutal action. I'm sure this blade was part of a European collection, because the latin number "1748" is stamped on the blade. Any ideas what it is? Is it a moorish blade from spain or a naval sword? I hope, someone know what I have. At least it seems to be pretty rare, because I cannot find another example. Best wishes, Roland |
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Hello Roland,
To me, it looks more like a Chinese Pudao. ![]() |
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thank you for your thoughts. Polearm was also my first guess but than I saw these symbols and the number, I became indecisive. I think the tang is too weak for a polearm, maybe it was shortened. The blade under the yelman-like area is 2.5 mm thin, relatively thin for a polearm. What I can say definitely is that there are very deep notches. It almost seems, a little bit of steel from an oponents weapon is cold welded in the notch. Best, Roland |
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Hiya, any signs that the tang was peened over, or was it a stick tang and just inserted into the grip/shaft.
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Though I cannot find an exact match, this blade reminds me of some of the ones used on machetes made by Robert Mole & Sons.
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Hi Roland,
Interesting old "warrior." The thickness (thinness) of this blade does remind me of a machete, as Robert suggested. The "1748" mark could be a model no. Ian. |
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The 1748 is a stamping and is the same or similar to German stamps from the late 1800's found on their firearms etc.
The moon appears to be a later but older addition with its outline unbroken seeming to miss any deep corrosion. This blade also looks very much like a machete to me. Many older blades have an iron tang with steel blade but I don't see and forged welding where the two would meet. |
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