Dear Friends!
Some of you have a real great mettalurgical and mettalography knowledge so I hope you'll coment this thread.
I just have read an excerpt of new "Guide for collectors" just printed in Poland, with chapter on weapons written by one famous person, whose name I would like to keep in secret for a while (I have my reasons, sorry).
In section devoted to Polish sabres the Author wrote something like this (my translation):
"Hussars sabre (...) has excellent blade of average curvature, with fullers and often with devotion inscriptions like IEZVS MARIA IOZEF.
As a material used for this blades were often horseshoes, which were forged in "natural way" during the horse run".
This is new to me!
Have you heard of using horseshoe for a blade.
and what about "natural forging" on the horses hoof?
Below hussars sabre blade with inscription IEZVS MARIA IOZEF
Regards!