Sword with 'famous' blade

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This is another Portuguese regulation sword for infantry/artillery officer mod. 1806 that i got in a swap operation.
This time the blade, instead of being German like the previous one, is an early Spanish ... or it all indicates it is. This custom doesn't constitute a surprise, as period officers had to purchade their swords and, either for sentimental or economical reasons, they ordered their family ancient blades to be mounted, respecting ( + or - ) the regulation length. Hilts had to be made within the rules, with only slight variations, depending on the officer wealth or rank ... brass or silver components. This example has a plain wooden grip: i don't know if this was a decision of the original owner or was a later replacement. These grips are usualy wired with silver filigrane, like te other one i have.
But the issue, such as i would like to emphasize, is the name of the blade smith: TOMAS AIALA; the usual story of the name of this famous sword smith, which was copied by so many competitors of the period. Not that so often blades made by other smiths had the same quality but, fame is fame.
I ignore whether this specific one is genuine; i am ready to accept it is not. An amazing detail are the little wavy signs near the I for AIALA. Given that the actual name of this smith is more often (or also) registered as AYALA, i make it my fantasy that the waves are to remind the Y. Not much sense in this but, the waves are (only) placed in this letter for some reason.
It looks like a nice blade, anyhow. Length 87 cms.
Comments will be much welcome.

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