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					Originally Posted by Lee
					
				 
				A most interesting thread. Early on in my sword collecting, I was told that many of the US military swords had been deliberately blunted before being sold as surplus. Is this just an unfounded speculation? 
			
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 Not true, imho. Few were sharpened to begin with. 
In fact, the only sabers to retain their razor-sharp edge en masse are the Indian tulwars.