Discover The 1802 Infantry Sword From Madrid

SABER. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)

Reference	4-1802-B
Name	Infantry Officer
Period	1802
Guard	Iron, with a curved ring in the guard, equipped with guides or mounts for the scabbard. Simple and archaic full knuckle-bow, flared at the top outward. Ferrule at the base and disc pommel. Wooden grip wired with sixteen spirals of brass wire.
Blade	Very curved, wide, and of short length. Flat spine and a broad hollow grind that reaches the tip. No false edge. Sharp on the entire outside.
Scabbard	Probably made of iron, with two brackets and their corresponding rings or leather with metal fittings.
Inscription	In Madrid DO NOT DRAW ME WITHOUT REASON, DO NOT SHEATH ME WITHOUT HONOR
Overall Size	755 mm
Blade	640 mm
Width	32 mm
Description	Some officers adopted these models offered either by Toledo or by Cádiz for private sale, initially without any subjection to order or regulation. The small dimensions and light weight suggest their use in the Infantry, as a cavalryman could not cover their body with this saber.
Photograph	Photographs by Lluc Sala