Swedish-Norwegian Naval Cutlass M1800

[Jens Nordlunde]

Here is a picture of the Danish one from 1849.

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Here is a picture of the Danish one from 1849.

Cool. Thanks. The saw attachment looks a bit unusual, I suspect it was well loved (¡⊥ON) by any troops that were conned into using it. Maybe it was why it was not mass produced.

Does look like the One I posted earlier that appeared to be a phoney Danish one, but with a better guard the only noticeable difference. Maybe it was really a rare prototype?

[werecow]

I received this Swedish naval NCO's sword today (pictured next to the M1851 cutlass I already had). I'm seeing some confusion about what to call this pattern. As far as I can tell it is identical to the infantry M1842, except for the anchor on the hilt, but during a search I've found various sources of information that call it M1842, M1843, and M1851, and the person selling it even named it M1820! So how do I index this? Does anyone have more reliable information about this specific model?

On a side note, having handled the M1893 cavalry sword and the M1851, I thought this one would be another beastly Swedish sword, but it is surprisingly light in the hand in comparison to the M1851 cutlass!