Hussar saber, real or not?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by serdar

So to conclude, after museum expert examined saber, it is genuine, but heavily cleaned and leather repaired and retouched.
So thanx.

As this has been noted to have had the leather restored etc. it seems the rather rough condition of the metal might reflect the results of rough cleaning and sincere efforts at restoring it. There seems to be evidence of genuine age in the inaccessible areas of the metalwork.

I would welcome the observations of the museum authority who examined this sword as in my earlier post I noted I had found the historic importance of this type saber, and it would be good to know the perspective from an expert.

While we typically try to avoid posting and discussing reproduction swords, the case of either or is of course a reasonable approach. As perhaps the case here, there are many cases of examples which might be composite, or those that are badly restored thus damaged. In this case, the only exception to what appears reasonable effort at restoring are the unfortunate markings.
The hard part always remains artificial aging, but in my limited experience that seems to be overall more consistent without incidental flaws.