I think Mark Twain wrote that the only thing certain in life are death and taxes. Very hard to know for sure that swords are original. But you seem to do very well and catching on quickly. I’m just a history buff who likes to collect as a personal hobby, so I have no professional expertise from museum work. Those Venetian swords look good. I guess on the South Eastern side of the Adriatic they used almost any blades they could get their hands on. Schiavonas have all kinds of blades, not only Italian made. Sometimes the blades were changed. Sometimes the swords were used for generations and refurbished when needed. It’s hard to see properly but the grips seem refurbished? The blade on the left has decorations some say are like rosaries which are used to keep track of Roman Catholic prayers (Ave Maria, etc) so presumably the blades were predominantly used in Catholic countries like Spain and Italy. The blade on the right could be Italian with those fullers, but I read some posts that Kaskara blades in North Africa look quite similar. Maybe some of our members can exclude this possibility in this case. As always, not easy to see and judge from photos.
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