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Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >25292 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb, French, 1st Empire Napoleonic Wars Cuirassier-Dragoon Sword In Fabulous Condition With Brass and Leather Scabbard

Nation : British
Local Price : £2950

Scottish Military Basket Hilted Sword with American Revolutionary War Associations. Scottish swords of this distinctive type were made for infantry soldiers serving in Highland Regiments. They are often associated with service in the American Revolutionary War. This sword dates to the 1770’s and was captured by the Americans and absorbed into their own armoury. This explains why the Georgian cypher and crown have been intentionally removed from both sides of the blade. The style of hilt was developed in Glasgow which was already famous for the manufacture of traditional Scottish basket hilted swords since at least the early 17th century. The hilt type is a simplified version of the more usual Scottish sword type of the mid-18th century. It was intended to be cheaper to produce for a limited market of militias recruited from the Highlands intended to enforce order in Highland regions. The 43rd, later to become the 42nd , the Black Watch, was first formed for this purpose. Around 1757 production of these swords transferred to England as demand grew due to the increasing numbers of Highlanders being recruited into the newly raised Highland regiments in the army. Sword-making was in decline in Glasgow and England was better placed to fulfill bigger contracts in a more cost-effective and timely manner. Production fell into the hands of one firm first owned by Nathaniel Jeffreys then from 1771 by Dru Drury. Little is known of the exact process of manufacture, but it is thought that the hilts, blades, scabbards, and grips were sourced from Birmingham, Sheffield and London, then the swords were assembled in workshops in London. Jeffreys and Drury employed backsword blades with single fullers and generally stamped their blades both sides in a similar manner and size with a crown, “G R” beneath and their name below. The hilts are made from thin flattened ribbon-like iron bars cut from iron sheet between which primary and secondary guard plates are fashioned pierced with circles and triangles. The pommel is cone shaped with an integral button on top. The tops of the three arms of the guard are secured under a lip which extends around the pommel base. The grip is made of spirally grooved wood normally mounted with a covering of shagreen and bound with brass wire. The Highland Regiments gave up their swords for enlisted men in 1784 when production of this sword type ceased. The sword described here is a representative example. The grip is covered with shagreen and bound with plaited wire and mounted with Turks' Heads top and bottom. Much of the scaling of the shagreen has worn off. Overall the hilt and blade display a russet patination. The single edged blade has a fuller running underneath the blunt back edge and is 30.25 inches (77 cm) long. The overall length of the sword is 36.5 inches (93 cm). At first sight this sword appears to have an unmarked blade. However, examination reveals a slight depression on both sides where the stamp has been purposely erased. The photographs below show an example of the crown stamp used by both Jeffreys and Drury on a different sword, this one is by IEFRIS (Jeffreys). Also shown is a close-up of the depression on the blade of this sword showing where a fragment of the top of the crown on one side has survived erasure. This is easily matched by comparison with the full mark and shows that the full stamp was once there. The sword is not unique in possessing this depression on the blade where the crown mark once was sited. But it is a rare feature. The most reliable explanation is that a number of these swords fell into American hands during the Revolutionary War and the British associations were removed from the blades before the swords were used against the British by the American army. For a full discussion of these defaced swords see Stuart C Mowbray, “Two Dru Drury Basket-Hilted Swords for Revolutionary War Scottish Regiments”, Man at Arms, Vol 45, No 6, December 2023. The original research in this paper details the capture by the Americans of a large number of these swords. The 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser’s Highlanders, was comprised of two battalions, raised in Scotland in 1775. The Regiment left Scotland in April 1776 aboard several ships headed for North America. The convoy was scattered by a storm and four ships ended up near Boston with the sailors unaware that the city had been abandoned by the British. The four ships and the Highlanders on board were captured with their provisions including around 400 of their swords which were taken ashore and defaced. Due to the date of this incident it is almost certain that the swords were made by Drury. Also for general reading on the sword type see Anthony D Darling, Swords for the Highland Regiments 1757 – 1784, Mowbray Incorporated, 1988. And for other examples see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, Boydell Press / Royal Armouries, 2005, pages 129 to 130. And John Wallace, Scottish Swords and Dirks, Arms and Armour Press, 1970, fig 42, for a sword in the National Museums of Scotland, collection reference LA 27.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,950.00

Scots Fusiliers 1796 Officers Sword. Scots Fusiliers 1796 Officers Sword, regulation officers hilt with leather grip secure by twisted silver wire and Georgian dress knot. The blade curved single edged and engraved nearly to the point with trophies of arms, crown GR, royal coat of arms, regimental device, initials and mounted hussar all surrounded by floral decoration. Please note the nicks to the blade edge complete with steel scabbard with two loose rings, overall length 95.5cm the blade 83cm

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,950.00

Scottish 18th Century Half Basket Cavalry Sword. 18th Century Half Basket Cavalry Sword c 1750 – 60 The basket made of flattened bars in rectangular sections complete with leather grip secured by twisted wire and pommel with line decoration and large tang button. The broad sword blade with small central fuller and engraved with what looks to be the sun with crested moon below to each side. The width of the blade at the hilt is 4.7cm an identical sword is detailed in the book British Basket Hilted Swords by Mazansky Page 229 and similar noted as in the York castle Museum Information: Reference: British Basket Hilted Swords by Mazansky Page 229 Blade Length: 87cm Overall Length: 104cm

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,950.00

Scottish Basket Hilted Back Sword c 1760. Scottish Basket Hilted Back Sword c 1760 good original untouched condition. Full basket with dots and hearts designs and stamped with a W or M, cone pommel with slight age damage to button please see image. Leather grip again original bounded with twisted wire. Single edged blade with single fuller running until the blade becoming double edged 20cm from the tip. Overall length 97cm the blade 80.5cm For reference British please see Basket Hilted Swords by Mazansky Page 128

Nation : British
Local Price : £2,950.00

Dragoon Officers Backsword 1788. SN X3000. A 1788 Dragoon Officers Backsword. 40" overall, 33" slightly&194;&160;curved blade with wide fuller stamped Crown over 3 inspectors mark and engraved ´Hadley´ on back edge. Wrought iron hilt with reeded bow and flat bars, faceted oval pommel, twisted&194;&160;wooden grip with ferrules and original grey fish skin cover and triple twisted steel wire. Circa 1790 A rare sword in good condition, lacks scabbard. Thomas Hadley sword cutler Birmingham 1766-1784.&194;&160;&194;&160; See ´The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912´ by R. Dellar page 22 for a similar example. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : Chinese
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >22307 to search for this item on the dealer website Beautiful 17th to 18th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty Period Sword Of The Era Of Emperor Kangxi, With a Silver Wire Bound Hilt, and a Silver, Giant Rayskin, Coral & Turquoise Gem Set Panelled Scabbard, Typical of Eastern Tibet

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >25528 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Fine Superior, Very Likely Gendaito, Traditional Hand Made Japanese Officer´s Sword. Signed Tanigawa Ichishin Saku In Fabulous Condition

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >25373 to search for this item on the dealer website Simply Captivating & Outstanding Solid Silver Mounted &#acute;Mermaid&#acute; Shell Guard Hilted Sword, Likely of of an Admiral or Vice Admiral, Such as Admiral Lord Nelson&#acute;s Walpole-Suckling Silver Hunting Hanger Sword

Nation : British
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >23523 to search for this item on the dealer website Fine Medieval Short Sword 15th Century, Used in the Battle of Agincourt 1415 Period, Used By A Man-At Arms, Or Foot Knight

Nation : British
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >24764 to search for this item on the dealer website Simply Wonderful Trojan War Period Full Length Bronze Sword Blade 28.75 Inches Long Circa 1200 B.C.

Nation : North European
Local Price : 3,800.00 USD

NORTH EUROPEAN RAPIER C.1650. This is an exceptional example of the type of side arm carried for civilian protection throughout Europe and America in the mid-17th century. A troubled world saw Civil War in England on the tails of the Thirty Years' War which devastated Northern Europe. The hilt is chiseled in high relief with hound's heads on serpent bodies which bear a distinct resemblance to the dolphin heads popular in Italy. The side guard retains its original pierced sprung in plate. The pommel is chiseled in high relief foliage replicating the curvilinear elements of the guard. Its 30” blade length makes it suitable for fighting in close quarters as well as in the street.

Nation : German
Local Price : 3,800.00 USD

GERMAN RAPIER C.1660-80. This is an example of the rapier in Northern Europe as it evolved in the second half of the 17th century. A lighter hilt provided greater maneuverability without sacrificing protection. The design here employs an intriguing slender profile with slightly concave surfaces, probably a further effort to optimize weight, with a very handsome result. 32 1/4" length blade.

Nation : British
Local Price : 3,800.00 USD

ENGLISH SILVER HILTED OFFICER'S SWORD C.1790. The hilt with stirrup form guard struck with four marks, the center two somewhat obscured. Evidently Exeter, with the IF mark of J Freeman. Conical form quillon terminal and cushion form pommel. The ribbed grip of silver as well. 32 3/4" straight broad fullered blade decorated with foliage splays flanking and arms cluster to one side and flanking Warranted on a ribbon the other. Blade crisp and bright with very minor surface toning only.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2875

English Walloon Hilted Cavalry Sword dating to the Mid to Late 17th Century.. English Walloon Swords were mainly produced from the second to the fourth quarters of the 17th century. The pierced guard plates which are typical of the hilt design were influenced by earlier developments in Europe, which were combined with the features of existing English sword styles, to create this unique form of English hilt. English Walloons are quite scarce today. English Walloons provided a stylish alternative to the other sword patterns that were in use throughout the English Civil War period, the Restoration period, and in the battles fought during the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when James II was deposed. Most usually these are cavalry swords mounted with single edged blades. However, some were double edged, and the hilts of some surviving contemporary English rapiers were also clearly influenced by the Walloon style. The hilt is made up of slender rounded bars built upon a sturdy quillon block. The cross bar is extended at the rear to form a drooping wristguard terminating with a flat swollen downward facing nippled knop. To the front, the quillon is extended into a knuckle bow, the flat grooved terminal of which is tucked into an aperture located at the front lower part of the pommel. Robust oval ring guards are mounted on each side of the cross bar, each with decorative bisected swellings in the outer middle. Each ring is filled with a slightly downwardly convex plate, intricately engraved with concentric oval designs and pierced with designs of circle and diamond shapes. The knucklebow has a swollen feature to the middle, similar to those on the side rings. Two subsidiary scrolled bars emanate from the knucklebow on each side from below this swelling and attach to the ring guards to strengthen the hilt structure. The hilt floor has a raised platform on the inside which supports the grip and integral rounded langets emanate from the cross guard below on each side of the blade. The stylistic influence of contemporary English “Mortuary” hilts on these features is quite marked. The globular pommel has an integral raised button on top and a flared neck beneath. The baluster shaped wooden grip is covered with shagreen. The single edged blade has a deep fuller running underneath the back edge on both sides for four fifths of its length after which is is double edged to the tip. A second fuller commences 6 inches (15 cm) from the hilt and runs under the first to terminate four inches (10 cm) from the tip. The blade is lightly engraved with floral panels on both sides and in separate places with two Latin inscriptions. One reads “Solideo Gloria” (Glory to God alone) whilst the other is unclear. The overall length is 39.75 inches (101 cm) and the blade is 32.5 inches (82.5 cm) long. Overall the sword is in fairly good condition although the grip cover is replaced. There are small shallow patches of old blackened rust and pitting in places on the hilt and blade which do not detract from the overall attractiveness and elegance of the sword. The blade has a number of nicks to the front cutting edge. For further information on English Walloon swords, and similar examples, see Stuart C Mowbray, “British Military Swords – Volume One: 1600 to 1660”, Mowbray Publishing, 2013, pages 246 to 254. See also for further discussion, Cyril Mazansky, British Basket Hilted Swords, Boydell Press 2005, Chapter 11, pages 281 to 284. The swords are described as “Hilts based on pierced side rings”.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2850

British Basket Hilted Cavalry Back Sword Circa 1740 to 1755 with Maker’s Mark “SG” & Ordnance Inspection Mark. A representative example of a British army basket hilted back sword issued to cavalry and infantry regiments in the middle of the 18th century. The sword is in fine original condition. The basket guard is forged from broad flattened iron bars with squared edges. The hilt structure consists of a knuckle bow to the front and two side guard bars which curve upwards from the cross piece and join a ring which extends around the pommel base. Below, the frontal loop guard bars are a downward continuation of the side guard bars which loop forward to join the base of the knuckle bow at the front quillon terminal. To the front, in the spaces between the baluster shaped knuckle bow and the two side guard bars, two saltire bars are centred with large vertically rectangular guard plates with convex rounded tops and concave sides. To the back, a rear guard bar on each side extends upwards and curves towards the top of the side guard bar which it joins near the pommel. Between the rear and side guard bars baluster shaped panels are attached with merlons at the base which strengthen the structure. The capital letters “S G” are stamped underneath the rear quillon. These most likely represent the hilt maker rather than the regimental store number which is most usually stamped onto the pommel or knucklebow. The pommel is of typical British 18th century military bun shape with a short thick neck which fits tightly into the guard arm ring. It has a prominently raised integral round section button on top. The slightly baluster shaped grip is of oval section and spirally grooved with a shagreen cover, plus twisted brass wire binding and brass ferrules mounted top and bottom. The hilt retains its leather liner. The single edged tapering blade is 33.75 inches (just under 86 cm) long. It has a short ricasso and a double fuller which runs underneath the squared back edge for 25.5 inches (65 cm). An Ordnance inspection mark consisting of a crown with a number 6 below is stamped near to the hilt. The blade is of high quality, most probably made in Germany and imported by the British Ordnance for the manufacture of this sword in a batch. Swords of this type were purchased by regimental colonels for their troops. The series of paintings by David Morier housed in the Royal Collection of British cavalry and infantry uniforms and weapons give an interesting insight into the variety of basket hilted swords employed by the army in the mid 18th century bound by a common design theme. One shows a Private in The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) dating to circa 1751 to 1760 armed with a similar sword to ours with solid side guard plates (Collection Reference RCIN 401505). Another painting by Morier entitled “An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745” shows hand-to-hand combat between Scottish Jacobite Highlanders and a line of Privates of a Grenadier company of The 4th King’s Own (Barrel’s) Regiment, with a Sergeant, an Officer and Drummer nearby (Collection Reference RCIN 401243). The soldiers carry swords which are variants of the same theme. The grip and hilt furnishings are in fine condition. The iron hilt has a russet patination all over. The steel blade is brighter with minor speckled age. There is an old crack in the rear guard bar on one side. The sword is almost identical to one illustrated in “The Swords and the Sorrows”, National Trust for Scotland, 1996, page 148, Fig 1:51. See also another near identical sword in Cyril Mazansky, “British Basket-Hilted Swords, The Boydell Press, 2005, page 95, Fig: F1a.

Nation : American
Local Price : £2850

Click and use the code >23170 to search for this item on the dealer website Magnificent 18th Century Silver Hilted Small Sword with Colichmarde Blade. This Is One Of The Most Beautiful We Have Seen in Several years

Nation : ?
Local Price : £2,850.00

European 17th Century Swept Hilt Rapier. European 17th Century Swept Hilt Rapier, iron hilt made up of curved interconnecting bars forming the guard, cross guard and langets. Large faceted bulbous pommel and wire bound grip which has been well rewrapped at some point. The double-edged straight blade with small central fuller which has struck with various symbols including the sun and crescent moons. Please note the hilt shows age wear to surface but no damage, overall length 120cm the blade 103cm

Nation : Indian
Local Price : €3500

Serrated edge talwar - With gold koftgari decorated hilt..

Nation : Nepal
Local Price : €3500

Unusual khukurÄ« with gold grooves - With a very fine Nepalese blade, but kard-like hilt and scabbard..

Nation : Chinese
Local Price : £2795

Click and use the code >24906 to search for this item on the dealer website Rare, Archaic Chinese Warrior´s Bronze & Tinned Jian Sword, Around 2,300 to 2,800 Years Old, From the Zhou Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty, Including the Period of the Great Military Doctrine ´The Art of War´ by General Sun-Tzu

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £2750

Click and use the code >21094 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Fine Early Japanese Armour Piercing Tanto Signed and Dated 1558. Just One Example of Our Amazing Selection of Hundreds of Original Samurai Swords To Be Viewed In Our Gallery. Said By Many To Be One of The Best In The World

Nation : British
Local Price : £2750

Click and use the code >20632 to search for this item on the dealer website Original 18th Century Scottish Fencible Regimental Basket Hilted Broadsword

Nation : British
Local Price : £2750

Click and use the code >22069 to search for this item on the dealer website Simply Stunning Ancient & Historical Era Greek Leaf Shaped Bronze Sword With a Distinctive Blood Channel. From the Most Iconic Period Of Ancient Greek Classical History. Around 3200 Years Old

Nation : British
Local Price : £2750

Click and use the code >23428 to search for this item on the dealer website Simply Stunning 19th Century Crimean War British Coldstream Guards, Battle of Alma period, Senior Officer´s Regimental Gothic Hilt Sword

Nation : British
Local Price : £2750

Click and use the code >22157 to search for this item on the dealer website Stunning 1796 Scottish Flank Officer´s Combat Sword, Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular & Waterloo Period. For Coldstream Guards, With One Of The Most Beautiful, Finest Quality & Unique Blade Engravings We Have Ever Seen. By Hunter of Edinburgh

Nation : French
Local Price : 3,550.00 USD

FINE AND RARE FRENCH SILVER MOUNTED HUNTING HANGER C.1790. The hilt with rococo shell motif to the crossguard. An ebony grip of Eastern European form with chisel decorated silver tang band, and double silver chain guard. Each side of the grip inlaid with a Cockerel, compote dish, and crossed torches. 23 ¾” d.e. blade decorated in gold with leaping stag, radiant Sun face, Diana The Huntress, military trophy with cannon, foliage, and other themes. The blade with old, perhaps original preservative overall protecting the gold overlay with some loss to the right side middle. Finely made throughout, the silver with no visible marks. The blade is of fine quality in exceptional preservation. Dating to the French Revolution, this example, as with most hunting swords actually served as a sidearm for protection in the streets.

Nation : British
Local Price : 3495.00 USD

Very Fine & Very Elegant Queen Anne British Silver Hilted Small Sword!. Here is a rare example of an early 18th century British silver hilted small sword from the Queen Anne Period and bearing the Queen’s Royal Initials on the blade! (a great rarity) This very fine example is one of the most detailed and beautifully designed examples that you will ever see. A true museum piece! This sword would have belonged to a staunch supporter of the Crown, either a high ranking military officer, a wealthy aristocrat or possibly a relation of the Royal Family. It is in exceptional original condition with only a few inconsequential dings and light wear as might be expected from a 300 year old sword. See photos. It has never been dismantled or re-peened and retains its original twisted silver and copper grip wraps along with its original Turk’s Head ferrules. It has 2 sets of silversmith’s touch marks: one on the counter-guards and one on the knuckle-bow (some wear) that indicate it was made 1709 – 1710 (letter date O), along with the Britannia figure, a lion’s head erased and the silversmith’s mark “WI” inside a heart which may be the mark of Charles Williams registered in 1697. (at that time it was common for silversmiths to use the first 2 initials of their sir-name) Its blade is in nearly new condition and still retains much of its original sheen. It is deeply stamped, in “olde” English style, “AR” for Anna Regina ("Anne the Queen" in Latin). The sword must have spent at least a few hundred years in its scabbard (now lost) to have survived in such fine condition. The stout, very strong blade retains its original length and never has been altered or shortened. It is about 26.5” long. The hilt is magnificent. Starting from the top down: Round pommel, with octagonal faceting, with a central belt. It sits on a double stepped neck and is topped off by a 3 tier mantle with tang button; all integrally designed. The knuckle bow nicely designed with an elongated inset diamond design, both sides and topped off by a graceful flirt. The grip beautifully wound with double strands of twisted silver wire and copper wire creating a chevron effect. All wire completely intact. Both original silver braided Turk’s head ferrules completely intact. The quillon block is exceptional. It gently flares from round to hexagonal and sits above a multi beaded base. The base plate is multi faceted in a flaring octagram design! A similar design is found on the underside of the counterguards. The elegantly detailed quillon even has a "nightcap" and terminates with a nipple! The graceful pas d'ane both branch out into 2 sections, flaring out above and below the kidney shaped counter-guards. The counter-guards both employ the same inset diamond shapes, atop and below, as does the knuckle-bow. A small graceful loop design joins the counter-guards on each end. The guard even retains its original leather washer! (sheath pad) The stout, “hollow ground” tri-foil blade measures about 1” at ricasso and is deeply stamped with Queen Anne’s Royal Initials. (very rare) Overall this sword is an exceptional example of the Queen Anne Period silversmith’s art! Through the years we have seen a few other examples of this silversmith’s small swords and they are nowhere near the exceptional design and quality of our sword. Although they were beautiful, they were of the common simpler design usually employed on swords of this period. Our sword has to be the finest example of a silver-hilted sword that this silversmith produced! Obviously made for someone very special. A similar sword, but not as nice, is illustrated in Aylward's book The Small sword in England #35. Another similar, but again not as nice, is pictured in The Rapier and Small-Sword by Norman, plate 114 and is in the Victoria and Albert Museum and still another similar example (again not as nice as ours) is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York. If you want to own the epitome of a Queen Anne silver hilted sword this is it! Price is firm. Thanks for looking!

Nation : German
Local Price : 3495.00 USD

Massive 16th Century Germanic Cutlass / Short Sword!. Here is a super rare circa 1575 - 1600 battle sword. Probably custom made for a landsknecht warrior. Made for a very large person with a giant shell guard and a very wide (just over 2 ¼”) blade. This type of shell guard hilt often used on cutlasses and Sinclair type sabers of the late 16th - early 17th centuries. However this type blade is sometimes found with a blunt tip on katzbaldgers of the 1520 – 1550 period. Entire sword is in as found, lightly cleaned condition and its massive blade is an amazing display of early hand forged metal, Damascus type lamination throughout! The original wood grip is still intact but with some losses and decay (no restorations). Wonderful cross and orb brass inlay on blade! Blade is about 24 3/4" long. About the same length as an early katzbaldger! Extreme rarity! You will never see another like this! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more rare and important swords! Our direct email address is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com

Nation : British
Local Price : 3495.00 USD

Ex Rare 18th Century British Dragoon Basket Hilt Sword!. Here is a very rare C 1740 British heavy cavalry sword of exceptional weight! It is actually a full basket version of the so called “Irish Hilt” ¾ hilt dragoon saber. According to Cyrill Mazansky this full basket pattern does not exist. See “British Basket Hilted Swords” page 229. BUT, according to George Neumann “Swords and Blades of the American Revolution” page 150, it does! Sword is in fantastic “untouched condition” with original fish skin ferrules and braided wire Turk’s head ferrules. The basket is beautifully forged and the lap forging can be prominently seen on the inside of the basket, see photos. Both basket and blade have a wonderful gentle age patina with no pitting. Blade is about 36 1/4" long. Basket is very hefty and heavy. NO KNOWN PUBLISHED EXAMPLES! RARE!!! Price is firm. Thanks for looking. Be sure to check out our other listings for more great swords, arms and armor! Our direct email address is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com

Nation : British
Local Price : £2675

Click and use the code >21967 to search for this item on the dealer website Stunning Solid Silver Napoleonic Cavalry Officer´s Sabre 1796.-1803. It Is Exceptionally Rare To Ever See a Solid Silver Hilted Version of the Napoleonic Wars Period Light Dragoon Officer&#acute;s Sabre

Nation : British
Local Price : 3,450.00 USD

VERY FINE ENGLISH IRON HILTED SMALLSWORD C.1745-60. This sword exemplifies two extremes for its period. Its 34" colichemarde blade is among the longest for its type and the form, with expanded forte, was considered optimal at the time, combining improved thrusting ability as well as increased defensive quality. The iron hilt is of large proportions and embellished by jewelry quality hand piercing and finishing. The guard, pommel and quillon block are of such intricate hand filed work as to require the skills of the most accomplished artisan, as once forged, repair of an error was physically impossible. It is further distinguished by retaining near all of its original gold finish. 34" length blade.