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Old 20th July 2014, 09:28 PM   #6
M ELEY
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Must have missed this one! Very nice, rustic piece of Spanish colonial manufacture! Just my kind of sword! It brings up thoughts of piracy and the Spanish Main! I would concur that it would be classified as a cutlass, one put together out of disparation, typical of colonial areas that lacked sufficient sword smiths and materials.

Jim, you mentioned seeing a sword with a bowl guard like this one and a redundant straight crossguard under it. I saw one exactly like the one you describe in a shop in Florida years ago, also listed as 'a pirate sword!' Good to see another mystery sword pattern/form established by the Forum's members.
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