A cavalry sword ... still in time for Christmas

Jim McDougall · 29th December 2011, 05:02 AM

This is fantastic John!!! Thank you so much, and thank you for the barrage of outstanding posts on great topics

Its great to touch base again with The Company, its been a long time and brings back great memories of research years ago B.C. (before computers

for me. Its amazing how I could have lost touch for so long.

All the very best,
Jim

fernando · 2nd January 2012, 06:28 PM

I have received Juan José Pérez feedback.
While he reminds that this blade model was regularly mounted on French An XIII line cavalry swords, he finds it difficult to define whether this specific composition was result of a period work done in Spain with a captured blade or a later work required by some sword enthusiast or collector.
He has added that this is the first time he sees this particular setup.

David R · 27th February 2012, 04:08 PM

I am sorry to say that although the blade looks good, parts of the hilt at least are 1970's replica made in Spain for the wallhanger market. I owned one of these myself and so am familiar with the type. The original is a very fine sword in the Real Armeria, I think.
The sword is most likely a shotgun job of some age, made not to decieve, but for reenactment, or to replace the replica blade damaged in use, and then retired to the wall.
Quite a few of us did similar in the years before decent reenactment swords were made, reusing Kaskara blades, UK 1908 cavalry blades or anything else we could find.
I am in fact in the process of recovering some of these now valued blades, from the various reenactment swords they went into, back into something like their original form.

27th February 2012, 04:08 PM	#3
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,119	So sorry. I am sorry to say that although the blade looks good, parts of the hilt at least are 1970's replica made in Spain for the wallhanger market. I owned one of these myself and so am familiar with the type. The original is a very fine sword in the Real Armeria, I think. The sword is most likely a shotgun job of some age, made not to decieve, but for reenactment, or to replace the replica blade damaged in use, and then retired to the wall. Quite a few of us did similar in the years before decent reenactment swords were made, reusing Kaskara blades, UK 1908 cavalry blades or anything else we could find. I am in fact in the process of recovering some of these now valued blades, from the various reenactment swords they went into, back into something like their original form.

29th December 2011, 05:02 AM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,194	This is fantastic John!!! Thank you so much, and thank you for the barrage of outstanding posts on great topics Its great to touch base again with The Company, its been a long time and brings back great memories of research years ago B.C. (before computers for me. Its amazing how I could have lost touch for so long. All the very best, Jim

2nd January 2012, 06:28 PM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	I have received Juan José Pérez feedback. While he reminds that this blade model was regularly mounted on French An XIII line cavalry swords, he finds it difficult to define whether this specific composition was result of a period work done in Spain with a captured blade or a later work required by some sword enthusiast or collector. He has added that this is the first time he sees this particular setup.