Silver hilted

urbanspaceman · 12th May 2025, 07:23 PM

During my inspection of those empty apertures on the quillon I began to realise that it had been soldered back together at exactly that spot. Look closely and you will see the solder and how it has spread into those holes. Maybe the maker's marks were sacrificed during the procedure.
I did exactly that same job on the smaller of the two Shotley Bridge smallswords in my collection; I had a sacrificial hilt that I chopped the quillon from. Obviously it was virtually identical.
The apertures here are on the re-attached quillon which may well be from another sword: is that nefarious enough a reason Richard?

urbanspaceman · 12th May 2025, 07:41 PM

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urbanspaceman · 12th May 2025, 07:49 PM

I think we have exhausted the possibilities of this discussion.

12th May 2025, 07:23 PM	#1
urbanspaceman Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Tyneside. North-East England Posts: 722	possible solution During my inspection of those empty apertures on the quillon I began to realise that it had been soldered back together at exactly that spot. Look closely and you will see the solder and how it has spread into those holes. Maybe the maker's marks were sacrificed during the procedure. I did exactly that same job on the smaller of the two Shotley Bridge smallswords in my collection; I had a sacrificial hilt that I chopped the quillon from. Obviously it was virtually identical. The apertures here are on the re-attached quillon which may well be from another sword: is that nefarious enough a reason Richard? Last edited by urbanspaceman; 12th May 2025 at 07:24 PM. Reason: typo

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urbanspaceman Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Tyneside. North-East England Posts: 722	The End I think we have exhausted the possibilities of this discussion.