Japanese officer’s gunto sword, World War I
from Sofe Design Auctions
I like the Katana anthropomorphized m1845 sword.
Japanese officer’s gunto sword, World War I
from Sofe Design Auctions
I like the Katana anthropomorphized m1845 sword.
Japanese officer’s gunto sword, World War I
from Sofe Design Auctions
I like the Katana anthropomorphized m1845 sword.
Why an Obsolete Sword Design from 1845 was Reintroduced in 1915
This is a model 1845/55 French infantry officers sabre. It was produced in chatellerault in 1915.
Officially, the 1845/55 pattern was replaced by the 1882 pattern. However due to the war, the French decided to start producing the 45’s again as they already had tooling for that. As a result, some 30,000 of these were made during WWI.
The hilt is gilt Arco, an alloy of copper, charcoal and zinc, potentially also tin. It has a distinctive reddish appearance under the gilding. The 1882 used a “German silver” alloy for the guard – also a copper alloy.
The blade is plain steel (without a nickel coating) – unlike the 1882 which is nickel coated.
It features one broad fuller and one narrow fuller on each side. The 1882 has offset fullers.
Carry all four for maximum warrior effectiveness!
This is for when something goes bump in the night!
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Carry all four for maximum warrior effectiveness!
This is for when something goes bump in the night!
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