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French Model ‘1831’ Infantry or Bandsman Sword and Scabbard. ED 2365. - ED 2365 - ED 2365 A French Model ‘1831’ Infantry or Bandsman sword and scabbard maker marked ‘Talabot F.S Paris’ . The French M1831 Foot Artillery Sword was patterned after the Roman Gladius doubled edged weapon manufactured by Talabot of Paris. The French M1831 Sword was indirectly used as a model for the US Army's M1832 Foot Artillery Sword and the US Navy's M1841 Ames Naval Cutlass. The French soldiers used to call this sword a "coupe chou" which translates to cabbage cutter for its practical uses. The cruciform hilt is of solid brass with circumferential grooves to help grip in combat, the cross guard terminates with finials of concentric circles. The handle has decreasing circles below an extended pommel. The 47cm blade is showing signs of age-related wear, the sword is 62cm overall. The scabbard is thick leather * the stitching is loose to the rear, it has a brass chape with inspection marks, and a brass throat. See page 190 of ‘Withers World of Swords. The price includes UK postage. ED 2365. (Bucket) £345.00 |
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WW1 Era British Officer’s Brown Leather Bound Swagger Sword Stick With Ibberson Sheffield ‘Stradivarius Violin’ Trademark Blade. Sn 22426:27 - 22426:27 Ibberson is a famous and popular name in the Sheffield cutlery industry. From the mid-17th century to the beginning of the 19th century, there were just under a hundred Sheffield cutlers named Ibberson (or Ibbotson). A cutler named William Ibberson operated in the Stannington area to the north west of Sheffield as long ago as 1666, but it has been claimed that the origins of the George Ibberson company can be traced back to a Joseph Ibberson who made cutlery in 1700. In 1873, the company registered its world famous Stradivarius Violin trademark with The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire. This mark, along with Ibberson’s other great trademark, Double sharp ##, would go on to gain legendary status amongst knife enthusiasts the world over. This is an original WW1 era brown leather covered wood Swagger Sword Stick & Scabbard in the form popular with British Officers during WW1 by Ibberson. It has a 13 ¼” flat diamond section steel blade which tapers to a sharp point. The blade has age related staining and one side is marked with Ibberson’s ‘Stradivarius Violin’ Trademark and ‘Made In Sheffield England’. It measures 23 ¼” overall in its scabbard. The wood grip & scabbard are bound in brown leather. All leather and stitching is clean. The throat of the scabbard has a brass collar. There is surface wear to the top of the sword sticks handle consistent with service carry. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22426:27 (armoury on top of gun rack) £375.00 |
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1897 Dated British Officers Swagger Sword Stick With White Metal Collar Engraved To ‘H.W. Clare’. Sn 22374 - 22374 This is an original Swagger Sword Stick & Scabbard in the form popular with Victorian British Officers. It has a 14” steel blade which tapers to a sharp point. The blade has just light staining consistent with age. It measures 21 ½” overall in its scabbard. The wood grip & scabbard are undamaged. The throat of the scabbard has a white metal collar in the form of a fastened belt buckle. The collar is engraved to ‘H.W. Clare’ and dated ‘1897’ most likely the name of the Victorian British Officer who owned this swagger stick. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22374 (armoury on top of gun rack) £475.00 |
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**NAMED**WW1 Era British Fenton Brothers Ltd Sheffield George V 1897 Pattern Sword with Presentation Etched Blade ‘Presented To 2nd Lieut Ewart H Philips from Bargoed’ & Field Service Scabbard. ED 2683. - ED 2683 This is an excellent WW1 era 1897 pattern Infantry Officer's sword with presentation etched blade. The sword has a clean 32 ½” long blade with partial fullers. The blade is etched on both sides. Both sides have decorative foliate panels. One side has Kings crown Royal Cypher ‘GR V’ (George V Rex), maker detail ‘Fenton Brothers Ltd Sheffield’ together with panel ‘Presented To 2nd Lieut Ewart H Philips from Bargoed (Bargoed is a town and community in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, one of the South Wales Valleys)’. The reverse has King’s crown heraldic arms and has the ordnance acceptance star. It has a full 1897 Pattern knuckle guard with King George V Crown & Royal Cypher. It has a curved stepped pommel with ball top and knurled back strap for grip, fish skin grip with wire binding in superb condition. It is complete with leather covered wood field service scabbard. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. The price for this excellent named sword includes UK delivery. ED 2683. £675.00 |
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**SUPER SKILLED ARTISAN SMITH**WW2 1942 dated Japanese Army Officer’s Type 98 Shin Gunto Seki Arsenal Sword With Smith Signed & dated Tang ‘KANE MUNE’ Scabbard With Leather War Service Cover & Expert Assessment. Sn 22396 - 22396 This sword has been assessed by a UK based Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. His assessment accompanies this piece. In exerts from the assessment he states “Type 98 Shin Gunto Army Officer’s sword with leather covered wood saya snap catches missing from throat of leather. Blade is seki arsenal showa to oil quenched product using Yaki Ire process, producing the nioi crystal Ha-Buchi (edge pattern hamon). Signed ‘Kane Mune’ and dated 1942. Kane Mune was the son of fuku moto ama hide who had a sword factory in seki city where Kane Mune worked and signed his own blades. Kane Mune made low to medium grade blades. This looks medium grade. Needs a polish, some rust and scratches obscure the hamon & polish. Tsuba is gunto pattern in cast brass some gilt remaining with several quality seppa each side of the tsuba. Tsuka is good quality gunto pattern. In good overall condition complete with working locking catch & sarute loop. Some dirt to fish skin otherwise good condition unmessed with. See john Slough book page 62 list No. 122 and Seko page 237. Kane Mune real name Fuku Moto Koichi born 1902 died 1977 rated as super skilled artisan smith by Aki Hide”. In his illustrations of the blade he describes the cutting edge of blade as 67 cms. Total length 89.5 cms. He also translates the tang signature & date and describes other blade characteristics and dimensions (illustrated). The price for this sword with expert assessment includes UK delivery. Sn 22396 £1,275.00 |
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**RARE**SPECIAL ORDER**WW2 Era Type 98 Japanese Officer’s Seki Arsenal Shin Gunto Sword With Smith & Pupil Double Signed Tang ‘KANE NORI’ (Master Smith) & ‘ICHI MONJI’ (Pupil), Rank Tassel Cord, Scabbard With Leather Field Cover & Expert Assessment. - 22338 An original WW2 Japanese officers sword. The sword has been assessed by UK Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. A copy of his hand written notes and illustrations accompany the sword. In extracts from his notes he states “A type 98 shin gunto officer’s sword with a medium grade showa to blade. A rare collaboration blade signed by 2 sword smiths working together Seki JU NIN KOJIMA KANE NORI’ & ‘SEKI ICHI MONJI’. Kanr Nori real name Kojima Taro was brother of well regarded Kane Michi both pupils of Watanabe Kane Naga. Kane Nori was a national smith 1st seat in 1941 sword making competition. A registered smith who made medium Showa to & Medium to high grade gendaito. A good sword smith. Ichi Monji worked as a gunto smith in gifu / seki possibly working as a pupil of Kane Nori & finishing & signing both their signatures on this blade. Bright original polish with stains & scratches. Hamon clearly visible. Saya original wood covered in leather for field service in good condition. Tsuba is steel plate mokko shape with 2 Ryu-Hitsu and incised line (grass ?) decoration. Black finish 1940’s made tsuba a possible civilian special order sword with a longer than regulation blade & civilian tsuba? Tsuka hilt gunto pattern in good overall condition overall complete with sarute loop and Lietenant to Captain’s rank tassel. Only missing a leather loop with safety press stud to fasten sword into saya. A nice honest un-messed with sword. Not a Gendai blade, a Showa to”. In his illustrations of the tang and blade he describes the cutting edge of the blade length as 69 cm & full length as 90 cm. He also translates the tang smith signatures and describes other blade characteristics and dimensions (illustrated in image 2). The price for this rare Master / Pupil collaboration special order sword includes UK delivery. Sn 22338 £1,295.00 |
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**BLADE NUMBERED ON SIDE**WW2 Japanese NCO's Type 95 Katana by The Lijima Swords Factory with Kokura Arsenal Mark, Original Leather Cord with Barrel Knot and Scabbard with Part of Its Original leather Field Combat Cover. Sn 20332. - 20332 This is an original WW2 Japanese NCO's Katana With cord, barrel knot and scabbard with partial field combat cover. The sword has the typical brown painted aluminium cast handle with lanyard ring and fully functioning scabbard retaining clip. The handle retains traces of its original colour. Its fullered, 27 ¼” blade is clean and has storage grease. The side of the blade is crisply stamped '17535' and with inspection mark. The hilt is stamped with Kokura (4 combined cannonballs) Arsenal mark and the Lijima Swords Factory roundel with crossed swords mark and inspection mark (see page 185 of Swords of Imperial Japan by Dawson). The lanyard ring is fitted with original leather cord with barrel knot in good condition with all leather and stitching intact. It is complete with its original scabbard which has a single hanging ring. The throat of the scabbard is stamped with number ‘105902’. The scabbard has part of its original brown leather field combat cover. The cover’s lower section is absent as its original cord which would lace the throat. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 20332. £1,195.00 |
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**RARE**NAPOLEONIC PENINSULAR WARS ERA, C1800 British Senior Infantry Officer’s Sword With Etched Blade & Rare To Find Scabbard. ED 2940 - ED 2940 This is an original rare to find example of a C1800 British Senior Infantry Officer's sword styled on the pattern 1796 Infantry Officer’s sword (see page 160 of World Swords by Withers). Our excellent example has the correct Georgian styling with brass shell guards with correct chased decoration. It has the correct brass knuckle bow and urn shaped pommel. The wire bound grip is very good. All wire is tight and intact. It has a 34 ¾” long fullered blade (41 ¾” overall). The blade has staining consistent with age. The lower section of both sides of the blade have light panels of foliate decoration. There are no visible maker marks. The sword comes with its rare to find original brass mounted black leather scabbard. The leather is complete. The surface of the leather has some scuffs to be expected with age and use. The price for this rare sword and scabbard includes UK delivery. ED 2940 £875.00 |
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**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**EARLY VARIANT**British 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officers Sword With Gilt Etched Blade By JJ Runkel Solingen. ED 2197 - ED 2197 An original early example of a British 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officer's sword ((Withers, World Swords, 1st edn 2006, p. 86)). It has its regulation brass hilt with correct early variant rigid shell guard. Later variants of the 1796 Infantry sword had folding clamshells. It has the correct knuckle bow & urn shaped pommel. It has a wire bound grip, all tight and undamaged. It has a 32 ½” long blade with fullers. The spine of the blade is marked by the German manufacturer ‘J.J. Runkel Solingen’. The blade has its original leather hilt washer. The blade is etched on both sides. The etchings include ‘Crown GR’ (George Rex), heraldic arms and foliate devices. There is much original gilt on the etchings. The blade is undamaged and has just light staining consistent with age. The sword has its original brass mounted leather scabbard. The scabbard’s throat mount has a single brass hanging ring. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2197 £975.00 |
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**1970’s 200 YEAR ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE**American Revolutionary War Wilkinson Sword London Small Sword With Etched Battle Site Names & Dates Blade. ED 2476 - ED 2476 The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organised as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington fought the British Army. The conflict was fought in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris (1783), which resulted in Great Britain ultimately recognising the independence of the USA. In the 1970’s The English Sword makers Wilkinson Sword made swords styled on Revolutionary wars period examples to commemorate the war’s 200th Anniversary. Our commemorative example sword incorporates concepts of the American Revolution period. It is 27” overall length with a 21” long fullered steel curved blade. The blade is clean and is etched & blued at the ricasso with the Wilkinson Sword London name, crossed swords legend, ‘Made In England’ and QEII Royal Appointment. The sides of the blade below the fuller are blued & etched with Revolutionary war battle site names and dates alongside crossed swords symbols (all illustrated in the images). It has a cast gilt alloy re-curving cross guard with cast foliate decoration and grooved resin hilt which his bound with brass wire. The pommel has an acorn finial. The sword is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2476 (on top of gun rack armoury) £275.00 |
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