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Anders Backlund
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 Posted: Fri 11 Apr, 2008 11:35 am Post subject: Cutlass length? |
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Two things I'm wondering about:
-What's the standard length of a cutlass?
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-What's the maximum length of a cutlass? (That is, when does it stop being a cutlass and start being a saber or backsword?)
The sword is an ode to the strife of mankind.
"This doesn't look easy... but I bet it is!"
-Homer Simpson.
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D Critchley
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| Posted: Fri 11 Apr, 2008 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Cutlass length? |
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| Anders Backlund wrote: | Two things I'm wondering about:
-What's the standard length of a cutlass?
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-What's the maximum length of a cutlass? (That is, when does it stop being a cutlass and start being a saber or backsword?) |
The official length of the British 1804 was 29" blade but they can vary by up to an inch.
Mine is 28 and a third inches
David
David C
"The purpose of the cavalry on the battlefield is to give tone to an event that otherwise might be considered a common brawl"
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Jonathan Hopkins
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My US M1860 Naval cutlass stats:
Blade: 25 ¾” Overall: 31 ½” Weight: 1 lb. 15 oz.
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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| Posted: Sat 12 Apr, 2008 9:08 am Post subject: Cutlass length? |
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The length of this British P1804 Naval Cutlass is 30 inches (35 inches overall)
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Anders Backlund
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| Posted: Sat 12 Apr, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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So, the average blade lenght would be, what, somwhere around 27 inches? Sound about right?
Could they be longer then 30?
The sword is an ode to the strife of mankind.
"This doesn't look easy... but I bet it is!"
-Homer Simpson.
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D Critchley
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| Posted: Sat 12 Apr, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Anders Backlund wrote: | So, the average blade lenght would be, what, somwhere around 27 inches? Sound about right?
Could they be longer then 30? |
Would you want to defend / storm a lower gun deck with a longer sword? I wouldn't.
David C
"The purpose of the cavalry on the battlefield is to give tone to an event that otherwise might be considered a common brawl"
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Anders Backlund
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| Posted: Sun 13 Apr, 2008 12:49 am Post subject: |
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| D Critchley wrote: | | Would you want to defend / storm a lower gun deck with a longer sword? I wouldn't. |
So... shall i take that as a no?
The sword is an ode to the strife of mankind.
"This doesn't look easy... but I bet it is!"
-Homer Simpson.
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D Critchley
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| Anders Backlund wrote: | | D Critchley wrote: | | Would you want to defend / storm a lower gun deck with a longer sword? I wouldn't. |
So... shall i take that as a no? |
 Cutlasses have to be short enough to use in confined spaces but long enough to be ofd use to a landing party Anders, they very seldom are longer than 28-29 ".
David C
"The purpose of the cavalry on the battlefield is to give tone to an event that otherwise might be considered a common brawl"
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Anders Backlund
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| Posted: Sun 13 Apr, 2008 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| D Critchley wrote: |
Cutlasses have to be short enough to use in confined spaces but long enough to be ofd use to a landing party Anders, they very seldom are longer than 28-29 ". |
Thank you, but I am well aware of the intended use of the cutlass. I'm not, however, looking for the most effective lenght, but rather the maximum lenght. I'm simply wondering if 30 inches is the longest a cutlass can have for a blade or if they can be longer then that.
The sword is an ode to the strife of mankind.
"This doesn't look easy... but I bet it is!"
-Homer Simpson.
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George Hill
Location: Atlanta Ga Joined: 16 May 2005
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| D Critchley wrote: | | Anders Backlund wrote: | So, the average blade lenght would be, what, somwhere around 27 inches? Sound about right?
Could they be longer then 30? |
Would you want to defend / storm a lower gun deck with a longer sword? I wouldn't. |
I wouldn't storm a lower gun deck at all. I would point carronades at the hatches and toss grenados down until they gave up. Once you control the upper deck, you control the ship.
To abandon your shield is the basest of crimes. - --Tacitus on Germania
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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| Posted: Mon 05 May, 2008 9:28 am Post subject: Cutlass length? |
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Right, this is an English privateers' cutlass dating from 1840.
Blade length: 27 1/2 inches.
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This is a standard topic