Single Shell Guard Cutlass Sword
- Hand forged 30″ x 1.25″ single fuller blade
- Iron hand hammered single shell guard with curling top quillon and lower sweeping knuckle guard ending in a half round iron button finial – the guard also has an inward curling thumb ring
- Finishing out the cutlass is a hand-filed octagonal bone handle with a brass band where the sword meets the guard. Also on the handle is a matching octagonal domed iron capstan; tang of the sword runs through the handle and is peened over the capstan
- Bone handle has several small stress cracks, stains, and slight yellowing to signify age
- Sword has great aging and supreme balance and weighs just over 1/5 lbs like the original
- These swords were held in a storage locker in a room called the hold under the deck of the ship. Weapons including swords, muskets, pistols, and powder were locked up and only provided to the ship’s occupants when needed
- Blade stamped with my touch-mark
Single Shell Guard Cutlass Sword: SOLD
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