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Fight Instruction

Sabres and Dueling Swords

 

NOTE: we outfit the sword hilt with pommel and grip combinations that are chosen not by hilt style, but rather by the type of blade on which it is paired. We find that the epee blade is best matched with a false pommel grip and cap nut for quick light point work, and the schlaeger blade requires a full steel pommel for better tip control. The pommel and/or grip on your sword may be different than that shown on these images. Most grips are plastic..

  

Not all hilts can accept every type of blade. The most common fight worthy blade choices are epee, schlaeger, sabre, and single-hand broadswords.

 

("what kind of blade do I need?") blade choices

 

280 - CHEVALIER - a beautiful smallsword, all steel hand protection.

epee or demi-epee blade - $ 132

schlaeger blade - $ 188

 

 

281 - SWAN – The height of 18th century design, this type of sword is also a work of art. A nobleman would wear this sword as a badge of his status in society, as a reflection of his refined taste, and as a message to all that he is to be feared! All steel construction.

epee or demi-epee blade - $ 142

schlaeger blade - $ 198

briquet cutlass - $ 220

 

 

302 – JUSSAC - typical main gauche (left hand) parrying dagger of the cavalier period, and also a great pirate cutlass.

       as a sword -

epee or demi-epee blade - $ 97

schlaeger blade - $ 153

pirate cutlass - $ 174

       as a dagger -

poniard dagger - $ 97

wide blade dagger - $ 102

 

 

600 - LIGHT CAVALRY 1860 -  what we think of as the typical Civil War sabre, and the most common sabre hilt world-wide. The three curved pieces arching from the knuckle-bow provide fairly good protection for the hand. Best all-around sabre look, and can be fitted with a wide selection of fight-worthy blades.

epee or demi-epee blade - $ 82

schlaeger blade - $ 144

sabre blade - $ 177

briquet cutlass - $ 177

pirate cutlass - $ 147

 

 

634- US NAVY CUTLASS - take a standard cavalry sabre, shorten the blade so it doesn’t get caught in the ship’s rigging, and fill-in the hand-guard to provide a bit more protection, and this is what you end up with. Actually, almost any of the sabre or rapier guards or even the dagger guards can be fitted with a shorter blade and be a "cutlass" (which means "cut-rope").

epee or demi-epee blade - $ 120

schlaeger blade - $ 176

briquet cutlass - $ 200

pirate cutlass - $ 172

 

 

611 - INFANTRY OFFICER - not only the cavalry used sabres. Every branch of service had some sort of sword available, though only the officers usually wore them in battle, and then only for effect. [The brass hilt cap as shown can only remain on an epee or schlaeger bladed sword]

epee or demi-epee blade - $ 144

schlaeger blade - $ 214

sabre blade - $ 237

pirate cutlass - $ 196

 

451 - HIGHLANDER BASKET - The distinctively Scottish infantry sabre can almost be classified as a broadsword, for it was never meant to be used by cavalry. A variant of the basket hilt swords of the continent and mortuary swords of England (red fabric inner liner not included).

epee or demi-epee blade - $ 144

schlaeger blade - $ 200

sabre blade - $ 234

pirate cutlass - $ 196

 

    502 - CAPTAIN MORGAN -   This shape has been the most popular sword we carry, but the aluminum versions used for Olympic competition just break down far too fast and the stainless steel ones were just too costly. So we have built these ourselves of 18 gauge steel, so they are far more resistant to damage than the others and we can still provide it at a great price. Each guard handcrafted

epee or demi-epee blade - $ 77

schlaeger blade - $ 133

briquet cutlass - $ 157

pirate cutlass - $ 129

archer broadsword - $ 163

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