Unknown Sword or machete

Jim McDougall · 11th March 2017, 11:20 PM

Most interesting native repurposing of a what appears to be a British M1796 Heavy Cavalry sword blade (the engravings suggest possibly an officers), but these type blades were on the swords used by British in Napoleonic campaigns.
While I cannot be sure of the style of the hilt etc. it seems more Asian or Philippines. The scabbard is stylized after military type scabbards of officers swords of the period, but the original scabbard to this type blade was iron.

This would be entirely to long and awkward in my view as a machete, so what the purpose of this would be is anyones guess.

11th March 2017, 11:20 PM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,282	Most interesting native repurposing of a what appears to be a British M1796 Heavy Cavalry sword blade (the engravings suggest possibly an officers), but these type blades were on the swords used by British in Napoleonic campaigns. While I cannot be sure of the style of the hilt etc. it seems more Asian or Philippines. The scabbard is stylized after military type scabbards of officers swords of the period, but the original scabbard to this type blade was iron. This would be entirely to long and awkward in my view as a machete, so what the purpose of this would be is anyones guess.