Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - 1908/ 1912 Pattern British Army Cavalry Sword

fernando · 30th November 2006, 08:20 PM

Hi Katana
Until better opinnion, this is a George V officers pattern 1897 sword.
I am looking at an Andrew Bottomley catalogue, with a couple of these. A most similar one, with same guard design and scabbard model, blade shape and length, etc, is quoted to have being made by John Dixon and Sons Shefield.
The large basket guard is nickle plated, by the way.
The knuckle guard is rather large, as being the tapering prolongation of the basket. Could it be that it was extracted with the purpose of modifying the sword for fencing ? Just my fantasy.
Regards
fernando

30th November 2006, 08:20 PM	#4
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Hi Katana Until better opinnion, this is a George V officers pattern 1897 sword. I am looking at an Andrew Bottomley catalogue, with a couple of these. A most similar one, with same guard design and scabbard model, blade shape and length, etc, is quoted to have being made by John Dixon and Sons Shefield. The large basket guard is nickle plated, by the way. The knuckle guard is rather large, as being the tapering prolongation of the basket. Could it be that it was extracted with the purpose of modifying the sword for fencing ? Just my fantasy. Regards fernando