European and Military Swords

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by chevalier

ive been thinking of obtaining a del tin schiavona since the originals run in the 10's of thousands and are for all intents and purposes out of my reach at this point.

Actually original schiavona's are not unbelievably rare, nor do they command those kinds of prices, at least in what I've seen over the years. While the reproduction examples are nicely done, and good representations, what we hope to accomplish here is studying and identifying the original swords.
As we have seen, there are many extremely rare and original early firearms in private collections, and I am hoping that original early swords are also available to be shared and discussed here.