The Sword

The last post was all about this cool little hook, designed to hang your cavalry sword from your belt. One of the people who saw the post was Jan Maurer, the man who gave me the sword in the first place. 

Jan asked to see some photos of the actual sword. Not unreasonable, regarding...

A little background. The sword was manufactured at the Waffenfabrik Neuhausen,in Northern Switzerland. It is a cavalry trooper's weapon, model 1897. It would have been manufactured at about the period of World War I.

I still love it and consider it a thing of beauty. Form follows function to the Nth degree ...

So here are three images. Jan, I hope you like them...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look closely and you can see the Swiss cross stamped on the top of the blade, just below the factory stamp. I like the cut on the grip too.

 

 

 

 

 

Something dangerous and inherently beautiful. 

 

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