Uhlan
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Post by Uhlan on Sept 15, 2015 13:32:39 GMT
This was a fun little project. When I got this sabre, the bronze parts were dark and the rest of the sword quite dirty. Someone had the idea of polishing the silver grip wire with silver polish, so the grip was covered in white muck too. To get the pommel cap off I soaked it in penetrating oil for a night and the next day the cap came off easily. Do not use force to remove said cap, because the threaded portion of the tang is about 6mm thick and may snap. The leather finger ring got a dose of vaseline, the grip was cleaned with some soapy water on a rag and painted black again. The bronze parts went to the jeweller for gilding and the blade and the scabbard were cleaned with acetone and waxed with Ren wax. The nickel plate on both blade and scabbard was in reasonable condition, so I let it be. New plate does not have the same colour and can turn out to look very gaudy. There are some little spots and some scratches, but I can live with those. Yesterday I got the gild bronze back and this morning the sabre was put together again and the result is quite nice, if I may say so myself. About that first generation bit: In 1902 these sabres got only one ring on the scabbard and later on that scabbard was blued or browned. You will not find many of these that have survived intact. The makers mark is C&K co and I cannot find it in my German swordmakers and marks book, so who this outfit was is not clear at the moment. This sabre is number 308 in the Carl Eichhorn catalogue from 1901. Cheers.
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Post by William Swiger on Sept 15, 2015 14:31:37 GMT
Looks really nice.
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pgandy
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Post by pgandy on Sept 15, 2015 15:10:59 GMT
I like.
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Post by Afoo on Sept 16, 2015 2:38:26 GMT
I think you are lying. You must have gotten a time machine and picked it up new from the factory
Looks great^^
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