Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Machete from Span-Am war?

machinist · 9th February 2015, 03:26 AM

I have purchased one of these Guanabacoa swords and thought I would add the pics and a little info to this thread, There is a book accessible online called The Annual Register of World Events that was supposedly published in 1805 about events of importance or interest happening in1803https://books.google.com/books?id=9Z...0sword&f=false

The description of the swords seems spot-on and that gives us a verifiable date for these and an implication they must have been used earlier in the 1700s as well as a description of who carried them and a bit of info on their lives.

The blade is stamped MARIAN and I am curious about all the little stamps these swords seem to carry.

9th February 2015, 03:26 AM	#15
machinist Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 93	I have purchased one of these Guanabacoa swords and thought I would add the pics and a little info to this thread, There is a book accessible online called The Annual Register of World Events that was supposedly published in 1805 about events of importance or interest happening in1803https://books.google.com/books?id=9Z...0sword&f=false The description of the swords seems spot-on and that gives us a verifiable date for these and an implication they must have been used earlier in the 1700s as well as a description of who carried them and a bit of info on their lives. The blade is stamped MARIAN and I am curious about all the little stamps these swords seem to carry. Attached Images Last edited by machinist; 9th February 2015 at 03:40 AM.