Dilemma on a bilbo

midelburgo · 26th April 2022, 02:45 PM

It is very nice you got it with a scabbard. the hilt and grip are probably from 1790s. The rings at the grip could be silver or silver plated. I think I recognize the mark at the ricasso as one from Solingen.

werecow · 26th April 2022, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by midelburgo

It is very nice you got it with a scabbard.

Yeah, definitely. The scabbard was a large part of why I jumped on it. It does seem to be missing the locket though (see attached image or this one). Perhaps I'll run into one of those at some point.

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Originally Posted by midelburgo

The rings at the grip could be silver or silver plated.

I'm not great at recognizing materials and I haven't done any acid tests but both the grip wire and the ferrules/spacers look like silver to me and they are not magnetic, so my guess would be solid rather than plated.

26th April 2022, 02:45 PM	#1
midelburgo Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 278	It is very nice you got it with a scabbard. the hilt and grip are probably from 1790s. The rings at the grip could be silver or silver plated. I think I recognize the mark at the ricasso as one from Solingen.