19th century fencing foils

William V. · 4th December 2008, 05:46 PM

HEUREKA! Finally at least a small path to follow to the light of knowledge

@katana:
The blade of your foil was most probably forged by a company named Cooper-Goodman. They produced the Chassepot bayonet (which was used between 1866-1874 by France but found many other countries copying it)...

Check out this link (you can see the similar marking clearly):

http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/1866_chassepot.htm

This information might give a rough idea when the foil might be produced. If one takes into account that the firm might not be active for a long time, and might not have much experience with fencing weapons (referring to the strange POB), this could indicate that the foil may be quite rare....

So far for now.

I hope someone can carry on the torch and finds more information on the firm itself.

William

4th December 2008, 05:46 PM	#21
William V. Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 33	HEUREKA! Finally at least a small path to follow to the light of knowledge @katana: The blade of your foil was most probably forged by a company named Cooper-Goodman. They produced the Chassepot bayonet (which was used between 1866-1874 by France but found many other countries copying it)... Check out this link (you can see the similar marking clearly): http://www.old-smithy.info/bayonets/1866_chassepot.htm This information might give a rough idea when the foil might be produced. If one takes into account that the firm might not be active for a long time, and might not have much experience with fencing weapons (referring to the strange POB), this could indicate that the foil may be quite rare.... So far for now. I hope someone can carry on the torch and finds more information on the firm itself. William