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kronckew · 19th August 2019, 08:53 PM

You are welcome. Sadly, military swords are almost entirely made for parade and display now, and quality suffers, as long as it looks OK from a number of yards away, it's ok.

The USA actually banned naval swords for officers and cutlass for the enlisted in WW2 'to save metal' - after overwhelming objection, officers an later enlisted were again allowed to wear swords/cutlass, and later enlisted were even doing cutlass drill on aircraft carriers in digicam on yootoob recently!

Yes, the sword knot is very confusing, not very strong at that inner loop join, I'd expect it to go flying if you actually tried using it as a wrist restraint. Disconnecting it before a battle andde using the other part insted thru the hole near the pommel would work tho. It's how they did it pre 1829.

The Infantry uses an even more useless knot wrap, and someone actually makes a permanently made & sewn/glued neatly up one to fasten like a mat on the front. They don't even use the proper slot The Cavalry and Artillery fasten it in a more useful fashion actually using the pommel slot to fasten it to the sword.

19th August 2019, 08:53 PM	#11
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,150	You are welcome. Sadly, military swords are almost entirely made for parade and display now, and quality suffers, as long as it looks OK from a number of yards away, it's ok. The USA actually banned naval swords for officers and cutlass for the enlisted in WW2 'to save metal' - after overwhelming objection, officers an later enlisted were again allowed to wear swords/cutlass, and later enlisted were even doing cutlass drill on aircraft carriers in digicam on yootoob recently! Yes, the sword knot is very confusing, not very strong at that inner loop join, I'd expect it to go flying if you actually tried using it as a wrist restraint. Disconnecting it before a battle andde using the other part insted thru the hole near the pommel would work tho. It's how they did it pre 1829. The Infantry uses an even more useless knot wrap, and someone actually makes a permanently made & sewn/glued neatly up one to fasten like a mat on the front. They don't even use the proper slot The Cavalry and Artillery fasten it in a more useful fashion actually using the pommel slot to fasten it to the sword. Attached Images Last edited by kronckew; 19th August 2019 at 09:06 PM.