ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPANISH SWORDS
Light Cavalry Officer’s SABLE model 1840. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)
Reference | 4-1840-L |
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Name | Light Cavalry Officer’s Sable Model 1840 |
Hilt | With full cups; left of iron, right of gilded brass; wooden grip, grooved, covered with leather and wired with copper thread or entirely of gilded brass. |
Blade | Both curved, back edge extending to the ricasso inside, continuous cutting edge on the outside up to the tip. |
Scabbard | Iron, with throat and two rings with their corresponding fittings. |
Inscription 1 | National Factory of Toledo Year 1857 |
Inscription 2 | Royal Factory of Toledo Year 18.6 |
Collection | Elies Torres Claravalls |
Additional description | There are variants with different cut-outs in the cup, different leather coverings, wired grips, and even straight and curved blades. |
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