1796 LCS - Early Woolley Blade with Later WDD Scabbard?

efrahjalt · 17th April 2025, 10:07 PM

Thanks for the additional examples gents. Jim, that fluted grip is a beauty!

Glad to hear you concur with my assumption that it is an early blade based on the marking being only Woolley. By your dating that puts it sometime between 1788-1800 if I’m following correctly. Very cool!

I find it unlikely that it ended up randomly with a scabbard from the same manufacturer. The fact that it’s the same manufacturer as the blade makes me think that it was an intentional paring. Perhaps added later if the original scabbard was lost or broken, or maybe left over production blade that never left Woolley until later and went out with a later production scabbard. There are no other regimental marks on it that I can tell. Not sure if that says anything about its history.

17th April 2025, 10:07 PM	#5
efrahjalt Member Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 58	Thanks for the additional examples gents. Jim, that fluted grip is a beauty! Glad to hear you concur with my assumption that it is an early blade based on the marking being only Woolley. By your dating that puts it sometime between 1788-1800 if I’m following correctly. Very cool! I find it unlikely that it ended up randomly with a scabbard from the same manufacturer. The fact that it’s the same manufacturer as the blade makes me think that it was an intentional paring. Perhaps added later if the original scabbard was lost or broken, or maybe left over production blade that never left Woolley until later and went out with a later production scabbard. There are no other regimental marks on it that I can tell. Not sure if that says anything about its history.