British ribbed iron grip brass sword anomaly

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Radboud

On a side note, I wouldn’t trust anything IMA writes, they have always been very ‘creative’ with their descriptions.

I think that in most cases knowledgeable readers of sales oriented descriptions in most such venues know to keep well and by regarding same. Typically the image of the weapon is more the key to further research, which may or may not corroborate material in these descriptions.