Fireman´s fang - ID pleasse ...
 

65 cms lon in sheath, out of the sheath only 55. There are no marks or dating on it. Acquired in Prague.

Wow! That's an odd, but extremely interesting piece! I've seen swords of this kind referred to as so-called 'pioneer swords'. I had assumed from their title that they were sort of a wilderness survival sword used for making fascines, sawing wood, cutting through wire, etc, a tool/utilitarian sword. The quillons are most interesting! 4-sided spikes remind me of those found on some Chinese pieces? I know, guessing now. Anyone else on this one?

Thank you Eley. The quillons also partially resembles Austro-Hungarian army pioneer cutlass....

Hello Martin,
I found a comparable piece in an old catalog of mine. It is Italian m1887 Campagnie di Sanita, a sapper's/military engineer's sword as pictured in Armi Bianci, pg 73. I did a google search and found a pic, unfortunately I'm not so good at posting such. Search for the 'm1887 Campagnie di Sanita' and when the titles pull up, check out the action house listing titled-
'daga a sega mod.1887- San Giorgio Casa d' Aste'
It's Lot n 1148. Very interesting and rare sword.
Mark

Are you not ? ;)

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Ahh, he is truly a sorcerer! :D :cool:
Thanks, my friend!
Mark