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This English term first came into use in the early 18th century, though the type of sword it referred to was in common usage during the late 17th century. They were primarily used as a military (army and navy) sidearm in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and for officers and NCOs in the latter part of the 18th and early 19th centuries ...
An officer's 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry fighting sabre - belonging to William Tomkinson of the 16th Light Dragoons; the sword shows evidence of having been ground down in the quarter of the blade nearest the point - possibly due to damage to the edge - it no longer exhibits the increase in blade width near to the point An officer's 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry fighting sabre by J. Johnston ...
The popularity of the sabre had rapidly increased in Britain throughout the 18th century for both infantry and cavalry use. This influence was predominately from southern and eastern Europe, with the Hungarians and Austrians listed as sources of influence for the sword and style of swordsmanship in British sources.
Roworth’s manual is a key source for those practicing British Military Swordsmanship of the late 18th and early 19th century, as well as those studying American military swordsmanship of the 19th century. This is a subject followed by a number in the HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) community, as a martial art.
The beads may have been used for amuletic purposes—later Icelandic sagas reference swords with "healing stones" attached, and these stones may be the same as Anglo-Saxon beads. [46] The sword and scabbard were suspended from either a baldric on the shoulder or from a belt on the waist. The former method was evidently popular in early Anglo ...
Pages in category "18th-century weapons" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... Pistol sword; Poacher's gun; Potzdam Musket; S. Sabre;
British Infantry Officers' Swords of the 1890s and the 1895 Infantry Sword Exercise, by Matt Easton; Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library 105 British military swords, dating from the 17th to the early 20th century from the Cyril Mazansky Collection, on permanent display at the Annmary Brown Memorial.
British Pattern 1796 heavy cavalry trooper's sword Hilt of British pattern 1796 heavy cavalry officers sword Hilt of Pattern 1796 heavy cavalry officer's dress sword Technically the 1796 heavy cavalry sword is a backsword , that is a sword with a straight blade with one cutting edge and the opposite edge of the blade (the "back") thickened for ...