Blades and horseshoes??!!

[wolviex]

Dear Friends!

Some of you have a real great mettalurgical and mettalography knowledge so I hope you'll coment this thread.

I just have read an excerpt of new "Guide for collectors" just printed in Poland, with chapter on weapons written by one famous person, whose name I would like to keep in secret for a while (I have my reasons, sorry).

In section devoted to Polish sabres the Author wrote something like this (my translation):

"Hussars sabre (...) has excellent blade of average curvature, with fullers and often with devotion inscriptions like IEZVS MARIA IOZEF. As a material used for this blades were often horseshoes, which were forged in "natural way" during the horse run".

This is new to me!

Have you heard of using horseshoe for a blade.
and what about "natural forging" on the horses hoof?

Below hussars sabre blade with inscription IEZVS MARIA IOZEF

Regards!