West Point Museum: Moro blades, etc.

Jim McDougall · 25th October 2008, 10:19 PM

Wow! Fantastic post Miguel, thank you for sharing the great photos from this great resource, the West Point Museum.
The holdings in this museum are truly unbelievable, and these folks are wonderful at assisting with weapons ID questions. I was amazed when researching Spanish colonial swords, how many important examples they had and shared the photos with me.

What would be great is posting some of these key items singly on their own threads so they might gain some discussion.

For example, the Hermann Goering dagger would be interesting on the European forum, as this and the SS daggers were based on the German 'Holbein daggers' .On the Ethnographic side these early symmetrical H hilts, probably from medieval baselards are the basis for many African swords from the 'Zanzibar' (Moroccan s/boula) to Congo and Ethiopian hilts.

The 'Patton' U.S. M1913 sword would be interesting on the European side, as would the WWI armour.

Great posting!!! Thank you.

All the best,
Jim

25th October 2008, 10:19 PM	#15
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,459	Wow! Fantastic post Miguel, thank you for sharing the great photos from this great resource, the West Point Museum. The holdings in this museum are truly unbelievable, and these folks are wonderful at assisting with weapons ID questions. I was amazed when researching Spanish colonial swords, how many important examples they had and shared the photos with me. What would be great is posting some of these key items singly on their own threads so they might gain some discussion. For example, the Hermann Goering dagger would be interesting on the European forum, as this and the SS daggers were based on the German 'Holbein daggers' .On the Ethnographic side these early symmetrical H hilts, probably from medieval baselards are the basis for many African swords from the 'Zanzibar' (Moroccan s/boula) to Congo and Ethiopian hilts. The 'Patton' U.S. M1913 sword would be interesting on the European side, as would the WWI armour. Great posting!!! Thank you. All the best, Jim