Strange British Naval Sabre

[Lee]

I can't resist sharing this seen on BBC news today in conjunction with the transport of the Bayeux tapestry by British Museum Director Nick Cullinan:

... a museum would never do something that imperils an object in its care or collection.

So there is the standard of professional behavior in the field. I presume he has not heard about the workings of the South Australian Museum.

Personally I have benefited from the insane eccentricities of the Australian authorities regarding blades. Some Australian state decades ago forbade hanging swords on the wall in your own home. A collector was so distressed that he shipped his collection to his dealer in London to sell. My dealer too. Hence my collection came to include three original antique medieval swords, 11th to 13th century.

Something for me to appreciate about what happened about 250 years ago.