[David]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

I did continue with an online search after exhausting my resources here in the bookmobile, and I did find one of these illustrated but with a curious ribbed and apparently leather covered grip. It had a strange pommel, but most important it had the M1827 blade and the odd jian like guard.

I agree that this blade is an 1827, and the wood grip most resembles the Austro-Hungarian M1862.

The one similar I found was on another website, 'Bladesmith Forum' and a thread from May 21,2006....the example was posted by a 'Svet' 1/16/07.

While 'Svet' identifies this as Russian, he offers no particulars and that he had already sold it.

A link to this Bladesmith Forum might be helpful Jim.