Shorten hunting sword 18th century

[Dom]

Originally Posted by Atlantia

As I originally pointed out Dom, following your observation that this was a shortened blade, I think it was given this distinctive point/profile to serve as a butchering 'knife' part of the hunting trouse or even solo, rather than as a method of dispatch in it's presumably original incarnation as a sword.

Although European in origin, I get the feeling that it's 'second life' might have been 'colonial' whilst retaining it's 'hunting' useage as the modifications look more 'ethnographic' to my eye.

Thanks Atlantia, for your nice words
no doubt about it, this knife is quite European, and certainly never traveled outside Europe
it is highly likely, that it served as cutlass for butchering big game
I'm fully agree with you,
pity that it has been broken, because, it's easy to feel that we are in presence of a edged weapon of "quality",
nevertheless ... with yet some "charms" (in both senses; visual, and talismanic)
best regards

à +

Dom