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The grip, between 5 and 5 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (130 and 150 mm) long to suit the hand of the owner, is generally covered in ray or sharkskin and wrapped with German-silver wire. The grip is straight, with no offset to the blade. The sword shows a number of features that indicate its intent as a thrusting weapon. The stiff tapering narrow point aids ...
The hilt had a steel guard of 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (11 cm) width, tapering to 5 ⁄ 8 inch (1.6 cm) where it met the pommel. The guard contained a slot for attachment of a sword knot and, like the modified 1845 Pattern cutlass, turned outwards slightly for strength. The grip was wood, covered in leather with six circumferential grooves.
Sword with scabbard in Auckland War Memorial Museum. The Pattern 1796 British infantry officer's sword was carried by officers of the line infantry in the British Army between 1796 and the time of its official replacement with the gothic hilted sword in 1822. This period encompassed the whole of the Napoleonic Wars.
Hilt of the Pattern 1831 sabre. This sword has grip scales of mammoth ivory. Detail of frost-etched decoration of the blade, showing a crown over the 'VR' monogram of Queen Victoria. The 1831 pattern general officer's sabre was directly influenced by existing mameluke swords worn by officers of various cavalry regiments.
They were replaced ultimately by the 1897 pattern British infantry officer's sword, first having the 1822 pipe-back blade replaced by the 1845 fullered blade, then the 1845-type blade replaced by a new thrusting blade in 1892 and then receiving a new steel hilt in 1895, which was then updated slightly in 1897.
The Pattern 1908 cavalry trooper's sword (and the 1912 Pattern, the equivalent for officers) was the last service sword issued to the cavalry of the British Army. It has been called [ 3 ] [ 4 ] the most effective cavalry sword ever designed, although its introduction occurred as swords finally became obsolete as military weapons.
The Model 1850 Army Staff and Field Officer's Sword was carried by all members of staff departments, Field Grade officers of Artillery and Infantry, Company Grade Officers of Light Artillery, Staff Officers and Aides-de-Camp between 1850 and 1872. It was based on a French pattern.
The French estoc is a type of sword, also called a tuck in English, in use from the 14th to the 17th century. [1] It is characterized by a cruciform hilt with a grip for two-handed use [citation needed] and a straight, edgeless, but sharply pointed blade around 36 to 52 in (91 to 132 cm) in length.