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8th January 2010, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NC, U.S.A.
Posts: 2,196
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Ahhh...the game is (still) afoot!
www.apacheria.com/images/ew204.jpg
www.apacheria.com/images/ew204b.jpg www.apacheria.com/images/ew204c.jpg OK, so is this Spanish/Mexican colonial work? It sure looks like later 19th century Mex piece to me, complete with classic hilt shape and 3 barred guard. Forgot to mention that it is listed as a Mex sword on the website. Note the turned quillon on this piece and how it compares to mine. I have since seen another late-Mex piece in an old Fagan catalog that likewise had some type of tin/nickol wrap-around. Gaudy-looking, but an espada, none-the-less. Likewise, I have been pouring through web-sites and our onw forum, ut have yet to encounter a W. African sword with a hilt like mine. This isn't a pride-thing, I assure you. I'm neutral on it's origin, I just want some closure!! (  )- Don't we all on these anomalous pieces...
Last edited by M ELEY; 8th January 2010 at 12:48 PM. |
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