Mowbray dismisses these with backstraps as post war 1812 but my Woolley Deakin kind of puts that myth to rest. The floating pommel type sometimes regarded as a Dyer type. It has been so long since I have read the text that I might make a mistake but iirc, Dyer was New England.
I have a couple of other picture files of these with floating pommels. The French Captain's sword in Master&Commander was of this type.
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GC
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