What is it?

Jim McDougall · 19th May 2008, 04:07 AM

This rather bizarre looking arrangement seems to have a Spanish Colonial hilt, with the discoid ecusson seeming like an addition. In all a very loose interpretation of an espada ancha from N.Mexico/New Mexico in early 19th c.

The blade ....no idea what that is! some kind of utility item like a cane chopper? whatever it is added to this hilt, possibly Central America?
It is one off, whatever it is, never seen one like it!

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19th May 2008, 04:07 AM	#5
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,599	This rather bizarre looking arrangement seems to have a Spanish Colonial hilt, with the discoid ecusson seeming like an addition. In all a very loose interpretation of an espada ancha from N.Mexico/New Mexico in early 19th c. The blade ....no idea what that is! some kind of utility item like a cane chopper? whatever it is added to this hilt, possibly Central America? It is one off, whatever it is, never seen one like it!