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					Originally Posted by urbanspaceman  Does your sword have a groove?  Also, why do you think the hilt is French? | 
	
 Yes, there is a groove on the underside of the blade that terminates about where the blade begins to broaden out.
My sources for why my sword is a m1767 are other collectors and Michel Petard ‘Des Sabres et Des Epees’ Volume 3 pg 67.