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Old Yesterday, 07:28 PM   #1
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What are the measurements?

To me the hilt looks to be 1.5 hand sized but the sword as a whole looks like a one handed sword, so if that is the case the proportions are a bit off as compared to historical examples (but as it happens actually do match lots of movie swords). However it is hard to judge the real measurements from the picture.
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Thank you all members for the messages,
I will look for old European Italian swords .

It is a large sword, I would have mentioned that.
The total length is 97,5cm/ 38,38 inches
Weight is 1,4 kg / 3.09 pounds
Balance of the blade is 16cm away from the guard.
Largest part of the blade is 6,5cm large/ 2,56 inches and really thin ,
a little larger in the middle as I already said
It don't look like a deco piece ,
the blade is really really sharp all around the sword ; except the 5-6 first centimeters near the guard.
For a movie, I don't think it will be the best .
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...the blade is really really sharp all around the sword ; except the 5-6 first centimeters near the guard...
That pretty much dismisses the possibility of a theatrical or film prop sword!
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For the most part... although, I have two very sharp, very banged up Indonesian swords that were apparently used in a play about the Aceh wars.

But, those are originals, and it is admittedly unlikely that a sword made as a theater piece would be sharpened.

It could still be a historicism piece or a composite of some sort, though. That is where my money is.
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It could still be a movie sword if it was for use in a scene where the wielder cuts through a object as a demonstration, then swapped for a blunt version for the fight scenes.

Honestly it's such a mishmash of parts that I can't think of anything except movie or historicism when I look at it.

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A movie prop would likely not be sharpened.
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