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Post by pellius on Mar 22, 2022 19:54:26 GMT
fionn - Thank you for the review. I had been kinda wanting a Father’s Sword, and this gave me a good idea what I’d be getting from RS.
TLL - that is a nice looking Atlantean. Very tempting.
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Post by pellius on Mar 22, 2022 14:46:54 GMT
Gorgeous
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Post by pellius on Mar 21, 2022 15:14:04 GMT
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Post by pellius on Mar 21, 2022 14:57:18 GMT
Welcome
Sorry to hear of your bad experience.
DSA has been a bit of a controversial topic over the years.
Would you mind posting photos of your sword and the actual text of your communications? That will give folks an objective look at your experience.
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Post by pellius on Mar 21, 2022 1:59:17 GMT
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Post by pellius on Mar 20, 2022 23:49:01 GMT
Nice
Also, welcome
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Post by pellius on Mar 20, 2022 23:47:15 GMT
Beautiful work, as always. The leather is great, too.
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Post by pellius on Mar 20, 2022 13:30:38 GMT
I love it when these threads get a much-deserved bump.
I’m really looking forward to your articles, JtD.
Ah, to have a collection rack so comprehensive I can rediscover exotic sabers I completely forgot I owned.. Aspirational goals!
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Post by pellius on Mar 20, 2022 4:37:54 GMT
Very nice work and write up
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Post by pellius on Mar 17, 2022 23:41:40 GMT
DF Chinese style swords have been back ordered for years now. My guess is that they are gone for good. I hope I’m wrong, though.
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Post by pellius on Mar 16, 2022 22:15:27 GMT
Thank you gentlemen. I’ve been looking forward to this one with great anticipation.
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Post by pellius on Mar 16, 2022 12:25:28 GMT
For some reason, I thought the US was the only country participating in this time-change foolishness.
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Post by pellius on Mar 16, 2022 3:52:04 GMT
Very entertaining
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Post by pellius on Mar 16, 2022 3:43:45 GMT
That is very cool.
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Post by pellius on Mar 15, 2022 23:52:59 GMT
I’m not really into axes, but that display is very impressive. Nice!
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Post by pellius on Mar 15, 2022 23:49:20 GMT
🤔
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Post by pellius on Mar 15, 2022 1:57:18 GMT
Outstanding! Very very nice!
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Post by pellius on Mar 11, 2022 16:30:34 GMT
Beautiful! Thanks as always for sharing. … What I do is to load the images from my camera into my computer and take screen shots and post those. Much smaller files since all of the useless and privacy invading metadata are now gone and the quality is still good. … This is a very good idea, and imho should be sop. I often download photos of gorgeous swords posted by folks kind enough to share them. I’m regularly surprised to find location data attached. Risky under any circumstances, but doubly so for photos of valuable items!
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Post by pellius on Mar 10, 2022 19:56:41 GMT
Interesting. My rambling thoughts..
The blade resembles a Fr. m1829 mounted art’y. Hard to get a good feel for the size or curvature from the angle of the photos. Also can’t see the entire text on the spine.
The throat-less scabbard seems correct for an 1829 art’y officer, too, though the hilt lacks the appropriate recess to accommodate it. Instead, it employs a leather washer - not used on art’y officer sabers but commonly used to mate officer scabbards to trooper swords.
The hilt seems to be that of a Fr. m1822 light cav trooper, but has no markings. Odd. Hard to imagine a mounted officer ordering a custom cav hilt or art’y blade but not specifying the officer’s version of the hilt.
Could’ve been a hilt for export, I guess, but I don’t know of anyone using this setup. As always, though, my layperson’s knowledge is anecdotal at best.
I was under the impression that the D-guard and shorter highly curved blade of the 1829 was specifically designed to mostly stay out of the way of an artilleryman. Slapping a light cav hilt on the blade kinda defeats the purpose of the smaller blade, and a smaller blade seems a bit undersized for light cav work. Especially for a trooper.
The hilt seems to have the appropriate size rather than the micro-grips from contemporaneous Solingen (or Indian repro’s).
I would’ve guessed it to be a marriage of spare/salvaged parts. However, with the hilt of the 1822 being quite a bit longer than that of the 1829, someone would’ve had to weld on a tang extension. Certainly not impossible to do safely, even back in the day. Just dunno why they would.
I’m not sure one way or the other regarding the peen. It seems just a bit rough to be from a French factory, and isn’t as well preserved as the brass around it. Still, it ain’t bad at all.
Anyway, it’s a pretty sword, and is indeed unusual. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by pellius on Mar 8, 2022 22:24:59 GMT
“Into the crowd!”
Yes. That would be nice for many reasons!
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