Swedish m/1791 hussar sabre

[shayde78]

Originally Posted by Victrix

Thank you, Shayde. That probably completes the circle on the subject once again.

Ah....my mistake. I had missed that this theory has already been mentioned. That's what I get for thinking I'm clever (lol)!

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by shayde78

Ah....my mistake. I had missed that this theory has already been mentioned. That's what I get for thinking I'm clever (lol)!

Im glad you caught that Shayde! (posts #7,10). Trust me, this conundrum has plagued me since the mid 90s, and honestly as I pestered sources in museums, authors, fencing masters and everyplace I could think of to look. ...I could sense the 'what? who cares syndrome'.

Truthfully, other than Wagner, who made his clearly pragmatic suggestion, nobody else I ever spoke with ever gave it a thought, and seemed surprised that I was intrigued by such a insignificant feature....until e recent earlier discussion mentioned by Glen, and Victrix bringing this outstanding example in.

Your astute observation was well placed and made independently of other comments, so indeed, in a word, clever

Its exactly that which makes our forums great, guys who care to step in and say something!! Keep em comin' Shayde!