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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2012 21:56:00 GMT
My friends father has this sword and I am trying to identify the sword and get a history on the weapon. I have uploaded a series of images of the sword.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2012 21:57:49 GMT
here are a couple shots of the entire sword
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Post by Pogo4321 on Feb 18, 2012 16:35:41 GMT
I'm by no means an expert, but to me it looks like a saber blade that has a home made grip put on it.
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Post by Anders on Feb 18, 2012 17:12:27 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2012 19:06:52 GMT
yup that is what it appears to be thanks alot.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2012 19:16:03 GMT
would you happen to have any information on the makers marks at the base of the blade?
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Post by Kilted Cossack on Feb 19, 2012 15:36:18 GMT
Inmate: I hate to send you away when you just got here, but for that kind of question I would probably head over to the Vikingsword.com ethnographic weapons forum. They're a lot better at maker's marks and could probably nail down where, to the province, that grip style comes from. www.vikingsword.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=2 |
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Post by Dave Kelly on Feb 19, 2012 20:23:22 GMT
That sure looks like a british proof mark on the blade, although I don't recognize cut of the blade as being brit military. Can't make out the etch on the blade either.
SFI has some experts to ask there.
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Post by SanMarc on Feb 20, 2012 3:01:56 GMT
It has been re echted, so the Star of David and the other one are put on latter....
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Post by Elheru Aran on Feb 20, 2012 17:45:44 GMT
It may be a knockoff of an Euro saber from the Pakistan or Afghanistan region that turned up and was re-hilted somewhere in East Africa, quite possibly Somalia, Eritrea or Ethiopia-- all three areas were part of the Arab/Indian trading networks. Pakistan and Afghanistan have a strong tradition of reproducing European weapons even today, and it's possible they made a few swords in the European fashion hilted in their own style. Just a guess, though, but that might explain what SanMarc says about the etchings.
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Post by kristoferjaemz on Apr 12, 2012 8:38:18 GMT
I am not sure how accurate Cold Steel replicas of US military swords are, and the blade width on yours seems much wider than the US military sabers, but the markings kind of resemble this: www.ltspecpro.com/images/thumbs/0000482.jpegAt first glance of the full sword image you posted, I immediately thought "Russian Sabre." I was thinking something Cossack, but the hilt doesn't seem to match that. Can I ask where you got it from? |
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