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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
Actually, once again. I might have better worded my comment. Rather than French 'supplying' blades for British officers swords in 1780, perhaps it may have been better to say....French marked blades existed on some British swords in the period around 1780. Obviously the Revolution in America in which the French were virtually allied with the colonists would have discouraged such trade.
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Jim, I would say that at that time there was no blade trade between France and England to speak of; the sword you had probably was mounted with a captured French blade. I have seen examples of that nature, and own one. That practice went both ways. One can find French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods officers' swords with English blades as well. Either variants are not very common, but if one applies oneself, they can be found.