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Originally Posted by Ian
Guys:
Let's keep our focus on the swords, and not what may or may not have been in the minds of the seller and buyer, or who got the better end of the deal.
Nice sword Rick. Strange guard. Hard to see how all of the fingers could grip the handle with that curious ring -- not that forefinger ring guards are all that unusual, but this one seems to get in the way of the second finger gripping the handle.
Ian.
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Described as a Venetian Sabre/Cutlass this was at auction recently .
I agree the finger guard seems ill placed ; possibly it was bent at some point ; or the owner was missing a finger
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Jim McD. offered an origin for this piece which was not Venetian .