Espada Ancha from Ecuador?
Jul 25, 2011 23:59:21 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2011 23:59:21 GMT
Hi,
I'm not usually a buyer of swords, though I practice traditional Japanese sword use. However, I'm currently living in Ecuador and found a sword for sale in a provincial market. I bought the sword as a souvenir. It doesn't look like a particularly good sword, but it does look fairly old. I was told that it was 100 years old, by the vendor, and that when I commented that it was not good quality, he said it was a basic soldiers sword, not an officers.
I would be interested to hear any observations on provenance. It seems quite basic to me, the handle is wooden, the blade is not sharp on either side, though there are scratches that look like somebody has attempted to sharpen it, and it has chips in the blade edge that suggest it has been used to strike something in the past. Nor is the tip sharp, though a sharp point could possible have been broken off. The hand guard is very basic, a single studded strip of metal.
Was this a real sword, a training sword, an ornamental sword that somebody has tried to operationalise. Any advice on this and potential age would be much appreciated. Below are a few photos, I could supply more if necessary.
I'm not usually a buyer of swords, though I practice traditional Japanese sword use. However, I'm currently living in Ecuador and found a sword for sale in a provincial market. I bought the sword as a souvenir. It doesn't look like a particularly good sword, but it does look fairly old. I was told that it was 100 years old, by the vendor, and that when I commented that it was not good quality, he said it was a basic soldiers sword, not an officers.
I would be interested to hear any observations on provenance. It seems quite basic to me, the handle is wooden, the blade is not sharp on either side, though there are scratches that look like somebody has attempted to sharpen it, and it has chips in the blade edge that suggest it has been used to strike something in the past. Nor is the tip sharp, though a sharp point could possible have been broken off. The hand guard is very basic, a single studded strip of metal.
Was this a real sword, a training sword, an ornamental sword that somebody has tried to operationalise. Any advice on this and potential age would be much appreciated. Below are a few photos, I could supply more if necessary.
