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Old 4th November 2012, 04:20 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
Nicely fashioned hilt, the blade most interesting made in form of scaled down 16th century Landsknecht sabre it would seem. Blade seems to have some age to it.

Excellent observation Jim.

Following on from that I have also seen 'plug bayonets' attributed as Spanish with 'bowie-esq' clipped points.
So although the shape of this blade is far removed from the classic form, it's not a million miles from some of the strange late Spanish efforts.

At first glance the blade looks like a simple piece of flat steel. But on closer inspection it looks like the grinding could be more complex and subtle. Perhaps Carlos could give us a top down look at the spine and tell us about the temper, distal/profile taper etc?

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