Happy dance for the 1822
May 19, 2013 23:30:14 GMT
Post by Kilted Cossack on May 19, 2013 23:30:14 GMT
Guys, if things keep going this way, I'm going to have to rename myself something like "BretonCossack" or something. I generally swim in the shallow end of the sword pool, with a collection of mostly Chinese or Indian produced swords. The two real swords . . . wait, that's not right. The two armory produced swords I own are both French. First I got a Chilean model (I'm tempted to say 1871) saber. It's nice.
But---with many, many thanks to Dave Kelly---I've got a truly first class saber. Dave turned me on to an e-bay auction for an estate 1822. I lurked, I watched, I tried to snipe as time expired . . . only to be outbid with five seconds left, and it took me six seconds to pop in my next bid. Ah well, says I, it was simply not meant to be.
That is, until about a week ago, when I got an e-mail from the seller. The winning bidder had never paid, I was in second place, and was I still interested?
Yes, yes I was.
Pics should follow tomorrow or the next day, but it is a solid example of the 1822. It's got fairly even patina, and while a SgtMaj. would probably rip me for wearing it on parade, it would pass muster if it came time to use it for real and for true. The scabbard is mottled and the leather seems to have pulled back a litle under the wire wrap, and there's a spot of corrosion on the wire, and I don't care a whit.
The guys who designed this one? They knew what they were doing, they hadn't just fallen off the truffle truck. The difference between this one and my Indian sabers (a Windlass shashka, a now-stolen Windlass American Revolutionary War saber, a CS 1796) is like the difference between an old CAS Hanwei and a Hanwei/Tinker, if not more so. It moves, it flows. It sure seems like it gives you both edge and point.
I am tickled pink. Assuming I ever get stupid, Dave already has rights of first refusal.
Total price including shipping was US$294, so this is definitely a SBG sword.
But---with many, many thanks to Dave Kelly---I've got a truly first class saber. Dave turned me on to an e-bay auction for an estate 1822. I lurked, I watched, I tried to snipe as time expired . . . only to be outbid with five seconds left, and it took me six seconds to pop in my next bid. Ah well, says I, it was simply not meant to be.
That is, until about a week ago, when I got an e-mail from the seller. The winning bidder had never paid, I was in second place, and was I still interested?
Yes, yes I was.
Pics should follow tomorrow or the next day, but it is a solid example of the 1822. It's got fairly even patina, and while a SgtMaj. would probably rip me for wearing it on parade, it would pass muster if it came time to use it for real and for true. The scabbard is mottled and the leather seems to have pulled back a litle under the wire wrap, and there's a spot of corrosion on the wire, and I don't care a whit.
The guys who designed this one? They knew what they were doing, they hadn't just fallen off the truffle truck. The difference between this one and my Indian sabers (a Windlass shashka, a now-stolen Windlass American Revolutionary War saber, a CS 1796) is like the difference between an old CAS Hanwei and a Hanwei/Tinker, if not more so. It moves, it flows. It sure seems like it gives you both edge and point.
I am tickled pink. Assuming I ever get stupid, Dave already has rights of first refusal.
Total price including shipping was US$294, so this is definitely a SBG sword.
Shoot us a pic or two once you clean it up, or are you leaving "as is"?
