Description
Featuring 10” diamond-section blade with long hollow-ground ricasso stamped with a maker’s mark. Straight hexagonal quillons with spirally chiseled acorn-shaped finials. Small single side ring chiseled ensuite. The original grip wrapped with two sizes of twisted iron wire and finished with Turks heads top and bottom. Ball-shaped pommel with button, chiseled ensuite. Overall length 14 7/8”. Pitted overall, heavier on the blade (probably from long storage in a leather scabbard, now absent).










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