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GG Osborne





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PostPosted: Sun 13 Dec, 2009 11:28 am    Post subject: 1640 Mortunary Sword w/ scabbard         Reply with quote

For all of you Mortuary hilt fans out there, check out Harvey Wither's site, www.britishmilitaryswords.co.uk. He is offering a 1640-era mortunary sword with the original scabbard. The blade is heavily etched and engraved. The outward face of the semi-basket is heavily chisteled. Harvey has provided a number of nice close-up shots. This is - at least in my experience - a chance to see a very nice sword paired with the scabbard. Enjoy and Happy Holidays to all!
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PostPosted: Sun 13 Dec, 2009 12:16 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thanks for the link....will surely go have a look.


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oh wow.....that is very interesting indeed. It's the first I've ever seen, in my mortuary research over the years, with an original scabbard.


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PostPosted: Thu 17 Dec, 2009 4:26 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

another interesting feature about this particular mortuary is the leather basket liner. There are only a couple shown in Mazansky's book and I've never seen one with a liner personally. The pics of this will surely find their way into my mortuary hilt photo data base collection.

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Bill

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