26th January 2010, 05:48 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: PR, USA
Posts: 679
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This is a beautiful sword. Naval?
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Originally Posted by Dmitry
There is no American pattern equivalent of this blade, so I wouldn't even look there..
The form of the blade is European, perhaps of English or German make, and quite possibly a trade blade sold directly to a North African merchant, as were many thousands of other unhilted blades.
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