Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Another naval cutlass- I'm addicted

M ELEY · 4th July 2010, 02:56 PM

Well, silence is golden sometimes. I'm glad there has not been a flurry on how this sword is incongruous or a fake. I shall have to be glad in that regard. Still, if there is anyone out there familiar with this type of private purchase sword, please feel free to respond. If this sword is of the GR period, it stands to reason that it served on a privateer. If it is of the WR or early VR period, I imagine it served on a merchant vessel to dissuade piracy or mutiny. In the earliest years of the Victorian era, I'm imagining the Malay pirates, Opium Wars, Sepoy Munity, etc, etc...

4th July 2010, 02:56 PM	#6
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,072	Well, silence is golden sometimes. I'm glad there has not been a flurry on how this sword is incongruous or a fake. I shall have to be glad in that regard. Still, if there is anyone out there familiar with this type of private purchase sword, please feel free to respond. If this sword is of the GR period, it stands to reason that it served on a privateer. If it is of the WR or early VR period, I imagine it served on a merchant vessel to dissuade piracy or mutiny. In the earliest years of the Victorian era, I'm imagining the Malay pirates, Opium Wars, Sepoy Munity, etc, etc...