Opinions on this sword

M ELEY · 1st September 2009, 12:44 AM

Thanks, Jim. I knew the pirate in you might like these-

I think you are right that the new one is Caribbean. Very glad to add it to the collection. I know you are busy on the raod, but I was wondering what you thought of the top one? As I said, it resembles the m1845, but in other ways, it looks like some of the earlier ones in Gilkerson. Hard to tell with it's unusual pattern. Anyway, glad to have a handle on the original piece discussed. I mostly posted these to bring home the point of the iron grips, which until someone else disputes it, seems to have originated with the Brit patterns around 1790s.

1st September 2009, 12:44 AM	#14
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,153	Thanks, Jim. I knew the pirate in you might like these- I think you are right that the new one is Caribbean. Very glad to add it to the collection. I know you are busy on the raod, but I was wondering what you thought of the top one? As I said, it resembles the m1845, but in other ways, it looks like some of the earlier ones in Gilkerson. Hard to tell with it's unusual pattern. Anyway, glad to have a handle on the original piece discussed. I mostly posted these to bring home the point of the iron grips, which until someone else disputes it, seems to have originated with the Brit patterns around 1790s.