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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 4363435, member: 20148&quot;]I would say that this is a theatrical sword. Probably not very old, except for the blade, which is an original, probably military blade, cut down slightly and fitted with a new hilt. I would suggest that it was perhaps only assembled in the 1950&#039;s or 60&#039;s. The grip looks to have been re leathered and re wired quite recently.</p><p>I worked for a large theatrical armourers in the early 1970&#039;s and we had a lot of swords like this which were hired out for amateur dramatics etc. We also had hundreds of old genuine sword blades in stock, so making up swords like this, though better finished <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie13" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, wasn&#039;t a problem. The older Victorian swords tend to be much better quality, which this one sadly isn&#039;t.</p><p>I am sorry that I cannot be more positive!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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