VOC BLADES

M ELEY · 16th February 2014, 04:11 AM

I was perusing through my copy of Neumann's and saw several Dutch examples so marked. I'm going by memory, as I'm at work, but I think they were 1744, 1770 and 1768? These dates seem to always be the same, so perhaps they are simply the years of manufacture for those blades? As in, a large quantity being produced in that year? I really don't know anything when it comes to how the Dutch inventoried their swords.

I have a m1790 Dutch marinesabal with no markings, indicating (I'm told) exported example. Most Dutch swords of the latter 18th c. and beyond were heavily marked with numerous arsenal numbers and such. These earlier examples we are discussing are a puzzle, though-

16th February 2014, 04:11 AM	#4
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,159	I was perusing through my copy of Neumann's and saw several Dutch examples so marked. I'm going by memory, as I'm at work, but I think they were 1744, 1770 and 1768? These dates seem to always be the same, so perhaps they are simply the years of manufacture for those blades? As in, a large quantity being produced in that year? I really don't know anything when it comes to how the Dutch inventoried their swords. I have a m1790 Dutch marinesabal with no markings, indicating (I'm told) exported example. Most Dutch swords of the latter 18th c. and beyond were heavily marked with numerous arsenal numbers and such. These earlier examples we are discussing are a puzzle, though-