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werecow · 23rd January 2023, 02:57 PM

Is this the "staple" / chain mail you guys are referring to?

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8530

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21204

Jim McDougall · 23rd January 2023, 04:59 PM

Thanks Jose! I was thinking maybe this shorter blade might have been for seaborne use. I have seen these termed 'cutlass' though it seems that is a colloquial term pretty much thrown around by writers describing any heavy chopping blade.

Werecow, yes, thats it, thank you for the pics, these are great!

23rd January 2023, 02:57 PM	#1
werecow Member Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Leiden, NL Posts: 617	Is this the "staple" / chain mail you guys are referring to? http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8530 http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21204

23rd January 2023, 04:59 PM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,670	Thanks Jose! I was thinking maybe this shorter blade might have been for seaborne use. I have seen these termed 'cutlass' though it seems that is a colloquial term pretty much thrown around by writers describing any heavy chopping blade. Werecow, yes, thats it, thank you for the pics, these are great!