Hussar Blade?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Skarts_ss

Thank all of you for your replies....
I think that Eftihis is right. I have compared the blade with a similar French Hussar blade of mid 18th century and it was exactly the same. Same length(1m aproximately), same curve, the two grooves start right after the grip, ending up a few cm before the peak. It weights about 600 grams though the crossguard missing. Despite its relic condition i can say that it is of good quallity.
Usually Ottoman sabres curve more than this and the grooves start a few inches after the cross and generally i consider them as heavier.
except large quantities of weapons that were imported into Crete, There was the Egyptian rule. It is well known that at that time the Egyptian army was French equiped and French consulted...
So it is possible that it was a spoil of war from that era
Thanks again

Thank you so much for that clarification and excellent description comparing these blades Skaarts!!! That perfectly answers my question on why the Frtench attribution was placed, apparantly quite correctly by Eftihis, and how that is explained. Actually I had not been aware of the French supply for the Egyptian army which as you note would easily explain the blade on this sabre, and I agree the fullering does seem to correspond to other French blades of the period.
I have seen yataghan type blades on what appear to have been officers swords for cavalry and apparantly French produced from around end of the 18th century, so this falls well into place.
Nicely done and thank you again

All the best,
Jim