Marks in European sword

Ron Anderson · 29th October 2010, 11:16 PM

Okay, Norman, thanks for the correction.

It occurred to me this morning that a pipeback is an odd choice for a cavalry sword. Nonetheless some of the early 181 3-bar hilt swords were certainly pipeback. I was the happy owner of one of them a few years ago.

The blades of these did resemble the 1822 pattern blade, if I recall correctly.

Norman McCormick · 29th October 2010, 11:35 PM

Hi Ron,
A good number of earlier 1821 L.C. officers swords had pipeback blades.
Regards,
Norman.

29th October 2010, 11:16 PM	#1
Ron Anderson Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 228	Okay, Norman, thanks for the correction. It occurred to me this morning that a pipeback is an odd choice for a cavalry sword. Nonetheless some of the early 181 3-bar hilt swords were certainly pipeback. I was the happy owner of one of them a few years ago. The blades of these did resemble the 1822 pattern blade, if I recall correctly.

29th October 2010, 11:35 PM	#2
Norman McCormick Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,646	Hi Ron, A good number of earlier 1821 L.C. officers swords had pipeback blades. Regards, Norman.