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Radboud · 28th December 2021, 08:08 PM

Hello,

Of the two marked blades, only the Toledo is a colichmarde, and it has a later hilt. However the blade has always been a smallsword blade. I have posted it previously in this thread:Composite Smallsword

The second has the more common, later blade, and is the second one in this post: Another two smallswords

Not a marked blade, but this smallsword is a French Model 1767 Officers sword, and it carries a colichmarde blade. This indicates at the very least that they were still carried into the last quarter of the 18th Century:

French Model 1767 Officer’s smallsword

28th December 2021, 08:08 PM	#5
Radboud Member Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: New Zealand Posts: 226	Hello, Of the two marked blades, only the Toledo is a colichmarde, and it has a later hilt. However the blade has always been a smallsword blade. I have posted it previously in this thread:Composite Smallsword The second has the more common, later blade, and is the second one in this post: Another two smallswords Not a marked blade, but this smallsword is a French Model 1767 Officers sword, and it carries a colichmarde blade. This indicates at the very least that they were still carried into the last quarter of the 18th Century: French Model 1767 Officer’s smallsword Last edited by Radboud; 28th December 2021 at 08:30 PM.