Artillery Machetes 1802: Unique Design And Varieties

MACHETES. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (swords expert)

Reference	5-1802-B
Name	Artillery Machete, model 1802
Hilt	Made of brass, well designed and polished, with straight quillons, directed crossguard, slightly towards the tip. One with stirrup guard and the other without guard, both with ring pommel and cylindrical grip with thick spiral grooves.
Blade	Cutlass-shaped, with ricasso. With one, two, and three fullers respectively.
Scabbard	Leather, protected by five gilded brass fittings. Two openings for the bayonet pins.
Overall Length	675 mm
Blade Length	544 mm
Blade Width	45 mm
Description	This unique machete was made with different grips, comparing this entry and the previous one. It shows differences in the stirrup guards and a third one, on this same page, without ring guard.
Collection	Collection of Alonso Rodríguez
Museum Inventory	Artillery troop machetes pattern 1802 733

Artillery Machetes 1802: Unique Design and Varieties