My first sword

midelburgo · 16th August 2024, 09:49 PM

This thread has remembered me of a group of mongrels that have been haunting ebay since its beginnings. I am not at home, maybe on Sunday I will be able to put pictures.
They are sold as Spanish XVIIth century sail daggers for the left hand. They are very simple with a wood grip. And, this is the fun, a three sided blade. I bought a couple in USA in early 2000s for some 30$, but I have seen them going for up to 300$.

In truth they are Moisin-Nagant bayonets with the fixation and the elbow removed. Thousands of them were given by the URSS, to the Spanish Republic during the Civil War in 1937-1939.

In the 1950s somebody shall have thought of making business with them, and transformed them. Somehow most ended in USA, possibly through the military personnel at Rota or Zaragoza bases.

16th August 2024, 09:49 PM	#10
midelburgo Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 257	This thread has remembered me of a group of mongrels that have been haunting ebay since its beginnings. I am not at home, maybe on Sunday I will be able to put pictures. They are sold as Spanish XVIIth century sail daggers for the left hand. They are very simple with a wood grip. And, this is the fun, a three sided blade. I bought a couple in USA in early 2000s for some 30$, but I have seen them going for up to 300$. In truth they are Moisin-Nagant bayonets with the fixation and the elbow removed. Thousands of them were given by the URSS, to the Spanish Republic during the Civil War in 1937-1939. In the 1950s somebody shall have thought of making business with them, and transformed them. Somehow most ended in USA, possibly through the military personnel at Rota or Zaragoza bases.