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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 18:32:54 GMT
Today I visited the Museum in my town. Intersting exposition-Polish titular sabers and palashes (backswords?). We talked with the owner of that collection and of course later someone fetched his own swords: British sword (wilkinson, Sheffield?), and French light cavalry saber pattern 1822 so at last I kept real battle ready historical swords in my hand!
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Post by treeslicer on Jan 17, 2020 18:45:23 GMT
I was enjoying the photos, where'd they go?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 18:47:36 GMT
Sorry, I have problems with editing. But you will see them!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 18:49:52 GMT
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Post by pellius on Jan 17, 2020 18:49:52 GMT
Nice. Sounds like a great experience. Did you get to handle any of the polish sabers?
Edit: now I see the photos. Wow!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 18:52:39 GMT
This one is very interesting-it has silver hilt and there is another one (identical but with golden hilt) somewhere in Chicago
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 18:56:34 GMT
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Post by randomnobody on Jan 17, 2020 19:29:22 GMT
Cool stuff, thanks for sharing.
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Post by markus313 on Jan 17, 2020 19:43:56 GMT
Very nice pics of beautiful swords, thanks for sharing!
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Post by treeslicer on Jan 17, 2020 20:05:12 GMT
Thanks for sharing!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2020 8:17:56 GMT
As to the two real swords I kept in my hand: The British sword seemed to be really lightweight and it was real pleasure to hold it. On the other hand, French cavalry saber was heavier and it seemed to be slightly clumsy. I am almost sure its balance point is much away from the hilt.
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Post by randomnobody on Jan 18, 2020 15:53:55 GMT
Getting to play with some of Dave Kelly's collection really put into perspective how different old military swords were, even though most of them looked very much the same. I found myself, a few times, holding two very similar swords with radically different weights and balance points, holding them side-by-side, trying to figure out where the weight was.
Turns out a millimeter here and there may be unnoticeable on casual observation, but makes a huge difference in handling.
There are also just different philosophies on how a sword "should" feel and perform, which leads to different designs, as well as variants within "one" design. It's really interesting, but I don't know enough to really go any deeper.
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Post by pgandy on Jan 18, 2020 16:56:45 GMT
Turns out a millimeter here and there may be unnoticeable on casual observation, but makes a huge difference in handling. Within the last couple of weeks I trimmed the foible of my M1860 repro from 3.5 mm to 2.9 mm. The sword feels disappointingly the same when holding but I declare the handling seems improved. It would be interesting if I had another identical sword that I could hold at the same time in order to compare.
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