VOC Sabre yes/no

Jeff D · 3rd January 2009, 06:51 PM

Hi Valk,

The French briquet is the ubiquitous brass hilts M ELEY was refering to. Yours is slightly different. If you look at the end of the quillion it has a nipple shape rather than the more common blunt tip as seen in the picture or the flattened scroll as seen in the Dutch naval saber. Your hilt may be a later replacement, but it may also be original. The answer lies in dating that 'nipple' tip quillion.

All the best
Jeff

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3rd January 2009, 06:51 PM	#7
Jeff D Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 473	Hi Valk, The French briquet is the ubiquitous brass hilts M ELEY was refering to. Yours is slightly different. If you look at the end of the quillion it has a nipple shape rather than the more common blunt tip as seen in the picture or the flattened scroll as seen in the Dutch naval saber. Your hilt may be a later replacement, but it may also be original. The answer lies in dating that 'nipple' tip quillion. All the best Jeff