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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 10576638, member: 20148&quot;]It must be remembered that officers were trained to use swords, and it was expected of them and their class. Cutlasses however, were used by relatively&nbsp; untrained men and originally intended for use in the close confines of below decks warfare, hence the shorter blades. They were thus big and brutal and lacking finesse.</p><p>I do not know about the United States navy, but sailors in the Royal navy were trained in the use of cutlasses until quite late, and cutlasses only officially ceased to be used as weapons in the Royal Navy in 1936!, though there is a record of them being used as late as 1940 by a Royal Navy boarding party!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]530748[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And USN drill with single sticks, ca.1896.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]530750[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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