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See here for book details, including publication date. He includes both regulation and nonregulation patterns, as well as interesting histories of various sword makers e. John le marchant, the designed the 1796 light cavalry sabre, was a rarity. The british cavalry sword from 1600 book by charles martyn. The essential features of sword hilt recognition, the prime means of recognizing a cavalry sword, are made by photographs and descriptions. If you collect british military swords you will need this book. Swords tend to be straight, and often have sharpened edges on two sides. Here we have a very good example of a british 1885 pattern cavalry troopers sword carried by both the 9th lancers and the denbighshire yeomanry wales. The 1908 pattern cavalry troopers sword was the last service sword issued to the cavalry of. Georgian pipebacked cavalry officers sword a superb georgian sword with very curved pipebacked blade of 31 inches, and double edged for the last 10 inches. Thomas hardy owned a copy of this book and it seems likely it inspired his description of troys performance of the sword exercise. This is the most detailed examination of british cavalry swords to date. Here is a really cool confederate kenansville cavalry saber with the soldiers initials at a price less than you often see a standard confederate dog river cavalry saber. This revival of the palash style heavy cavalry sword was an impressive change to the look of the household cavalry.
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