A French saber for id

M ELEY · 10th November 2016, 10:30 PM

Well, I think we are getting somewhere with all of the input from everyone! The flat pommel does indeed resemble those early hangers from the 1680-1700 period. The double guards reminds me of the Walloon pattern, so...

Jim McDougall · 11th November 2016, 12:57 AM

Corrado, I envy your having access to Aries!!! These volumes are not only hard to find, but horribly expensive.
Actually I think the suggestion of private acquisition though may put this example outside the scope of most of these references which attend to mostly regulation patterns.
I think the geopolitical possibility which transcends such borders but held loyalties or support of the French King might account for such motif and the anomalous styling. Personally I feel inclined toward the French potential,
but agree that as with Walloons, it could be Flemish or border regions of Germany.

* The axiom I was long ago told, 'weapons do not recognize geographic borders.

corrado26 · 11th November 2016, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

I envy your having access to Aries!!! These volumes are not only hard to find, but horribly expensive.

What means that you are looking for the Aries volumes? As I am living very near to the French border and have lots of collector friends there it should be not too hard to find these volumes at a resonable price!
Let me know your intentions.
corrado26

10th November 2016, 10:30 PM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,184	Well, I think we are getting somewhere with all of the input from everyone! The flat pommel does indeed resemble those early hangers from the 1680-1700 period. The double guards reminds me of the Walloon pattern, so...

11th November 2016, 12:57 AM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,469	Corrado, I envy your having access to Aries!!! These volumes are not only hard to find, but horribly expensive. Actually I think the suggestion of private acquisition though may put this example outside the scope of most of these references which attend to mostly regulation patterns. I think the geopolitical possibility which transcends such borders but held loyalties or support of the French King might account for such motif and the anomalous styling. Personally I feel inclined toward the French potential, but agree that as with Walloons, it could be Flemish or border regions of Germany. * The axiom I was long ago told, 'weapons do not recognize geographic borders.