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Post by LemuelTheLemur on Jan 27, 2014 11:34:41 GMT
nice pictures, but I don't see any text...?
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Post by LemuelTheLemur on Jan 27, 2014 12:36:04 GMT
Thanks for the review.
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Post by William Swiger on Jan 27, 2014 12:58:31 GMT
Thanks for the review Dave.
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Post by Paul on Jan 27, 2014 13:15:10 GMT
Thanks for the review, I've been wondering about the cs sabers.
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Post by StevenJ on Jan 27, 2014 14:56:58 GMT
Glad you're mostly happy with it Dave.
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Post by Uhlan on Jan 27, 2014 18:28:54 GMT
Dave, do you have anything to say as to why these iron / steel hilts popped up al over the place? Was there at the time a shortage of copper / brass? Or was the use of steel for the hilt something the design of these sabres demanded, in terms of weight / strength ratio? I would also like to know whether the baskets were stamped or pressure formed and in doing so, bring down labor costs and speed of delivery. It was at the height of the Industrial Revolution when these designs came on the market, if I am correct. Just curious as to why a military establishment, inherently very conservative, as it seems all of a sudden, went for this ,,New Look''. To me some of the designs you show, what with ergonomic grips and somewhat later on, the anti slip pattern on the backstrap, even with an inbuild thumbrest, look like they are very much ,,avant la lettre'', if I may speak in degenerate art critics terms. I hope these questions give you ample excuse to postpone filling out those dreary IRS forms. Cheers, Ulahn
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Post by Uhlan on Jan 28, 2014 13:55:08 GMT
Thank you very much for giving us some background information. Cheers, Ulahn.
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Post by Ulrich on Jan 29, 2014 11:19:58 GMT
Thanks for the detailed review, Dave. I have one of the reviewed sabres by CS and I'm very happy with it. But I'm not very happy that I have to clean it more often than any of my other swords. Don't have any idea why, but mine rusts like hell. Have just taken a close look to the blade, and there is it again - rust
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Post by aronk on Jan 29, 2015 3:17:24 GMT
Regarding the brass to steel shift, I seem to recall that at least in Britain, the experience fighting against tulwars in India demonstrated that the brass guards were not particularly protective against forceful cuts, and were prone to catastrophic failure if struck with enough force and the right edge alignment.
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Post by aronk on Jan 29, 2015 18:31:08 GMT
Yes, that's true, but the French military experience was somewhat different from the British in the mid to late 19th century.
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