LET'S TALK ABOUT SWORDS ... LOOK HERE

[Marc]

A quick chime in, damn busy those days...

Hi, Fernando. Funny, I discussed this piece with SOMEBODY in February 2008. I would have bet money it was you, but my mind is starting to play tricks on me...
Anyway, it's indeed Spanish colonial, I've never have seen them attributed specifically to Mexico, nor seen any with a mark that could make me think they could be, but, of course, I'm limited to my own experience
Those are XVIII c. and for use by cavalry and/or dragoons. The guard is a variation of the Spanish 1728 pattern for cavalry. No idea about the marks, though, I'm afraid.
A beautiful exemplar, though, if I may say so
Best,

Marc

[fernando]

Hi Marc

Originally Posted by Marc

... Funny, I discussed this piece with SOMEBODY in February 2008. I would have bet money it was you ...

My deepest apologies .
I had checked my files on the material i had on this piece, but i have failed to see who wrote the postings on the previous thread i have opened in the ethnographic Forum.
So sorry you had to repeat yourself .

Originally Posted by Marc

Anyway, it's indeed Spanish colonial, I've never have seen them attributed specifically to Mexico

I take note; however this was sugested as being a possibility, not a certainty ... for what it is worth.


Thanks for the 'new release'.
Fernando

[Marc]

Originally Posted by fernando

Hi Marc

My deepest apologies .
I had checked my files on the material i had on this piece, but i have failed to see who wrote the postings on the previous thread i have opened in the ethnographic Forum.
So sorry you had to repeat yourself .

Oh, yes, sure, I'll never, EVER, forgive you for making me to look again to this fantastically well-preserved exemplar of Spanish colonial cavalry sword! The annoyance! The pain! The horror!

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Marc

Oh, yes, sure, I'll never, EVER, forgive you for making me to look again to this fantastically well-preserved exemplar of Spanish colonial cavalry sword! The annoyance! The pain! The horror!

[Atlantia]

Thats a a beauty Fernando.

I love the way the simple steel guard bars have been adorned with brass/bronze 'beads'.
I love 'working' swords. I bet that when it was new, the contrast between the gold and silver of the guard with the rich brown of the wood would have looked very fine indeed
As of course it still does now. A fine fighting sword indeed!

Regards
Gene

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

Thats a a beauty Fernando.

I love the way the simple steel guard bars have been adorned with brass/bronze 'beads'.
I love 'working' swords. I bet that when it was new, the contrast between the gold and silver of the guard with the rich brown of the wood would have looked very fine indeed
As of course it still does now. A fine fighting sword indeed!

Regards
Gene

Thank you for the very nice words, old chum
Like music for my ears .

Fernando