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Old 17th July 2014, 05:50 PM   #5
Jim McDougall
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Thanks for the added notes Machinist . The word 'parody' is brilliantly used here!!! actually that in a sense is what many of these arms curiosities were in Spanish colonial context, and many were simply interpretations of arms used as 'a sword' just for that sake alone.

I have seen many weapons from Mexico which were from the Spanish colonial period which did indeed seem 'parodies', for example a clearly contrived shallow cup guard, with straight crossguard beneath it. It was clearly redundant and not a combat weapon, the blade was a thin, dull and apparently some sort of practice blade. I have seen blades which looked like a straight sword blade but was heavy, clumsy and dull, more like a BBQ tool. One weapon was what remained of a Spanish dragoon blade of 18th c, mounted with a M1821 three bar guard and a cast briquette hilt..it was pure Frankenstein!

Still this one looks like it could have been used in at least some degree if necessary, and the note on being cutlass like well placed. That would be good reason for shortening the blade.these cavalry blades were typically 33 to 36 ".
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