This sold today on Ebay, What manner of sword is it?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by M ELEY

Must have missed this one! Very nice, rustic piece of Spanish colonial manufacture! Just my kind of sword! It brings up thoughts of piracy and the Spanish Main! I would concur that it would be classified as a cutlass, one put together out of disparation, typical of colonial areas that lacked sufficient sword smiths and materials.

Jim, you mentioned seeing a sword with a bowl guard like this one and a redundant straight crossguard under it. I saw one exactly like the one you describe in a shop in Florida years ago, also listed as 'a pirate sword!' Good to see another mystery sword pattern/form established by the Forum's members.

I think I remember that one Mark!!! The pirate 'fantasy' classification, it seems like every weird blacksmith conglomerations...but even weirder that some of these were actually worn in rural regions.