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Hello.
Does anyone here know anything about a Norwegian military sword/rapier? The model is 1701.
I’m trying to make a reproduction from a badly abused original, the blade is heavily rusted some incompetent person sandblasted it. Parts of the hilt are missing.
What I’m looking for is total weight and balance, pictures of the hilt would be greatly appreciated.
I’ve searched the net for info about this model with no luck.. Getting information on the Swedish m/1685, which I’m also working on, were easy compared to this blade.

T.I.A

//Olof Nilsson

Heisan Olof!
Kan i alle fall hjelpe deg med maal og tegninger, spec. osv på dette vaapenet.
Dette er 'standard' sidebevepning for Christiansteen Artillerie Compagnie anno 1718.
Mod 1701 var den aller foerste kaarde/vãrje med et feste som var standardisert og modellfestet. Klingene kunne variere en del. Noen av klingene som kom til Norge var produsert av Vira i Sverige, og var kjøpt gjennom 'straamenn' i Tyskland, fraktet til Danmark, montert med riktig feste og tatt i bruk av den Dansk/Norske arme og brukt mot Svenskene...

Med vennlig hilsen
Christiansteen Artillerie Compagnie
Anno 1718

Any chance of an image on this one?

Thanks for the info! :)
Do you have any kind of picture or drawing you cold post?

Selling weapons to the enemy during wartime seems a bit stupid.. But on the other hand, common sense and logic has never been associated with war and politics. :p

The blade in your image differs a bit from the original I have, my blade have short fuller and have a rounded cross section.

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A badly abused original Norwegian m1701 military rapier [ Download ]