Africanised Sabre..any ideas as to the blade ?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by katana

Hi Dmitry and Norman,
thanks for your input, appreciated .

Dmitry, please, would you have any details of the sword pictured in your last post ?

Hi Jim,
nevermind, it would have been exciting to discover an American sabre used in Africa...... now who's thinking 'outside the box'

Kind Regards David

Hi David,
Absolutely!!! As I've always noted how much I have always admired your keen skills in this process of observation, it seems Ive learned a lot from you in its application!!! You're still the master at it though, and it truly brings dimension into the research. Even though this one fell short, it was fun.

The sword presented by Dmitry is spot on! and I really look forward to more discussion on it. While I believe that as noted, there is some possibility of a naval edged weapon, one would expect to find a fouled anchor someplace of that were the case. In many ways, it resembles a naval dirk, although I think those were typically more distinct in the blade type and shorter, but I would defer to others better versed on that.
Personally I think Norman's suggestion on customs and police swords is well placed, but Im not sure the lionhead of military fashion would be used. The blade certainly does seem of the type though. It was always interesting to me that some of the other customs sabres of early 19th century were essentially full size cavalry style blades, and these ended up with the mountain artillery divisions.

All best regards,
Jim