Earliest Use of Paired Crescent Moons on Solingen Blades

DStirk · 12th March 2021, 06:20 PM

Hi Chris,
Thanks for confirming my suspicions. It looks like my stepdad bought a made-up sword I guess. When you say early for Kaskara blades do you mean 18th Century as opposed to 19th, or are they all relatively recent?

I've taken some measurements:
Blade length - 90cm
Full length (Blade & tang) - 98cm
Blade width at crosspiece - 43mm
Blade thickness 4.45mm
Three full length fullers on a flat blade.
Paired crescent moons on both sides of blade.

On the subject of the fire, yes a disaster, but it could have been much worse. Most of the collection was saved by repeated trips out of the house by the family while the burnt roof started to collapse. I will leave judgement about the wisdom of that to others. I was able to intervene as the burnt swords, lances, dirks and various WW2 firearms were being taken to the local dump. I have restored about half of them so far, and one more house-fire just adds to the history of the items in my opinion. Pics of restoration before and after attached.

Cheers,
Duncan

12th March 2021, 06:20 PM	#37
DStirk Member Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 4	Hi Chris, Thanks for confirming my suspicions. It looks like my stepdad bought a made-up sword I guess. When you say early for Kaskara blades do you mean 18th Century as opposed to 19th, or are they all relatively recent? I've taken some measurements: Blade length - 90cm Full length (Blade & tang) - 98cm Blade width at crosspiece - 43mm Blade thickness 4.45mm Three full length fullers on a flat blade. Paired crescent moons on both sides of blade. On the subject of the fire, yes a disaster, but it could have been much worse. Most of the collection was saved by repeated trips out of the house by the family while the burnt roof started to collapse. I will leave judgement about the wisdom of that to others. I was able to intervene as the burnt swords, lances, dirks and various WW2 firearms were being taken to the local dump. I have restored about half of them so far, and one more house-fire just adds to the history of the items in my opinion. Pics of restoration before and after attached. Cheers, Duncan Attached Images