Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Swedish-Norwegian Naval Cutlass M1800

celtan · 1st October 2008, 01:01 PM

Hi Jim,

I agree it does look like a pioneer sword, specially the mid 19th C. ones from Austria.

Yep. it's fully IDed a a Naval Sword (not a cutlass, though) in p.267 of H. Wither's book "World Swords 1400-1945", on the chapter about "Naval Swords".

Indeed, I saw recently an EB auction of one, IDing. same a a swedish infantry sidearm, from the russian-swedish wars in Finland. And yet I believe the seller didn't know squat about this blade. He actually let it go for 15% of its appraised book value!

But then, isn't that the kind of a deal we ourselves dream about? The buyer was indeed a very lucky bloke!

: )

M

1st October 2008, 01:01 PM	#3
celtan Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PR, USA Posts: 679	Hi Jim, I agree it does look like a pioneer sword, specially the mid 19th C. ones from Austria. Yep. it's fully IDed a a Naval Sword (not a cutlass, though) in p.267 of H. Wither's book "World Swords 1400-1945", on the chapter about "Naval Swords". Indeed, I saw recently an EB auction of one, IDing. same a a swedish infantry sidearm, from the russian-swedish wars in Finland. And yet I believe the seller didn't know squat about this blade. He actually let it go for 15% of its appraised book value! But then, isn't that the kind of a deal we ourselves dream about? The buyer was indeed a very lucky bloke! : ) M