1796LC-like sword
Here is a 1796LC-like sword (next to a modern 1796 replica troopers sword (Weapon Edge)). Unmarked. Yeomanry? American? I assume the grip is a replacement.
Anyway, whatever its origin, it embodies all that is good about the handling of the 1796LC. The numbers are:
Blade: 83cm/32.5"
Overall: 94cm/37"
Weight: 780g
POB: 165mm
Centre of percussion [1]: about 21cm/8" from the tip (at about the end of the fuller)
Thickness at hilt: 10mm
Thickness at end of fuller: 2.5mm
Thickness drops to 2mm at 105mm from the tip, and continues to thin towards the tip.
(The replica is about 1050g, and is thinner near the hilt and thicker near the tip - the tip section is about 4mm thick. The handling suffers accordingly, and it is somewhat of a clunker. Some weight would be taken off if I sharpened it, but it would need some serious grinding to match historical handling.)
[1] Forward pivot point or centre of oscillation if you prefer; "centre of percussion" is widely misused in sword circles, so there can be good reasons to prefer them.
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