Unknown cutlass

Norman McCormick · 28th June 2012, 12:05 AM

Hi Dom,
Definitely as Dmitry et al suggested, latter 18thC European hunting hanger broken/cut down. This is not necessarily all bad news. The re-profiled blade looks, from the photographs, to have been ground to make a useful tool for partial butchery a normal practice done in the field after a kill. We gralloch deer in the field after a successful stalk and this blade looks as if it might do the job nicely. I look forward to seeing photos when you receive it to see if the re-profiling is period or not.
My Regards,
Norman.

P.S. Euro Arms can be interesting as well.

Dom · 28th June 2012, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Norman McCormick

P.S. Euro Arms can be interesting as well.

Hi Norman
thanks for your complementary comments,
and trust me to provide here some nice pictures for it, when will be time

you are absolutely right, concerning "Euro Arms"
I realize now that my post is mis-placed, here

but at beginning my thought was more in direction of Far-East ...

all the best

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Dom

Dmitry · 28th June 2012, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Norman McCormick

The re-profiled blade looks, from the photographs, to have been ground to make a useful tool for partial butchery a normal practice done in the field after a kill.

That sounds right to me. It would do well for field dressing the kill.
..A hunter broke the blade on his hanger and passed it on to one of his servants.

Originally it looked like something like this.

Dom · 28th June 2012, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Dmitry

That sounds right to me. It would do well for field dressing the kill.
..A hunter broke the blade on his hanger and passed it on to one of his servants.

Originally it looked like something like this.

Hi Dmitry
that seems make sense your suggestion

thanks for the pic, to illustrate

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Dom

28th June 2012, 12:05 AM	#1
Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,646	Hi Dom, Definitely as Dmitry et al suggested, latter 18thC European hunting hanger broken/cut down. This is not necessarily all bad news. The re-profiled blade looks, from the photographs, to have been ground to make a useful tool for partial butchery a normal practice done in the field after a kill. We gralloch deer in the field after a successful stalk and this blade looks as if it might do the job nicely. I look forward to seeing photos when you receive it to see if the re-profiling is period or not. My Regards, Norman. P.S. Euro Arms can be interesting as well.