"Eastern Sword" Szabla for comments

Mefidk · 21st February 2021, 08:49 AM

Thanks for the comments Philip. For sure the szabla has been dismantled at some point. The rivet would have been replaced then, hence why it looks odd. Perhaps this happened a while back, and the leather could have been replaced at the same time (hence lack of age).
I don't own very many European swords with age and leather, one Danish sword I have from 1845 is in much better condition wrt leather (and I am certain genuine). So based on my admittedly extremely small sample size I say the leather here was not put on in the last few years, but I would be astonished if it was as old as the sword should be. If it were genuine I guess this should be 18C?

Btw I did not pay Bohmans karabela prices for these, so nobody robbed me

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21st February 2021, 08:49 AM	#4
Mefidk Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 157	Thanks for the comments Philip. For sure the szabla has been dismantled at some point. The rivet would have been replaced then, hence why it looks odd. Perhaps this happened a while back, and the leather could have been replaced at the same time (hence lack of age). I don't own very many European swords with age and leather, one Danish sword I have from 1845 is in much better condition wrt leather (and I am certain genuine). So based on my admittedly extremely small sample size I say the leather here was not put on in the last few years, but I would be astonished if it was as old as the sword should be. If it were genuine I guess this should be 18C? Btw I did not pay Bohmans karabela prices for these, so nobody robbed me