[Harry Lindfors]

Hello!

A friend of mine bought two sabers, of which he knows nothing of. My personal era of interest is medieval, so I, too, know next to nothing of these. I only had a few minutes to inspect them, and take a few hasty pictures, so here they are

The first is a double-edged saber, both edges sharpened the entire length of the blade. No markings that I could see anywhere:










The second is hanger sword, there appears to be a myriad of these from the 18th and 19th centuries. No markings whatsoever, except perhaps something on the left side of the blade near the handguard:











Any help or guidance to the right direction will be greatly appreciated.

[Glen A Cleeton]

Both have a Scandanavian look to them. The cast gripped one actually likely later. I've lost both my Danish and Swedish museum links.

Cheers

GC

[Niels Just Rasmussen]

Without being an expert the second sword's blade looks most like being a Swedish Huggare (Cutlass) Model 1748.
See: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024412897/huggare-m-1748?aq=owner%3A%22S-AM%22+topic%3A%22huggare%22&i=18

Though the hilt seems to look more like the Danish M/1753 infantry (Musketer) saber.
See: http://norskevaapen.no/?p=916

Denmark actually produced the type again with M1834 and M1838 infantry sabres.
See: https://www.arma-dania.dk/public/timeline/_AD_blankvaben_view.php?editid1=15
See: https://www.arma-dania.dk/public/timeline/_AD_blankvaben_view.php?editid1=16

Apparently a lot of the older swords also got replacements blades.
It strangely doesn't have any typical Danish nor Swedish markings on the guard nor the blade as far as I can see.
Could it be a Danish hilt with a Swedish blade? Perhaps a Norwegian post 1815 composite?

Yet you have so many of these swords looking very much like each other and where the some type shows lot of individual variance as well

[Niels Just Rasmussen]

As for the first sword it doesn't look like any Danish one (or Norwegian post 1814) I could find, so maybe a Swedish.

The blade looks like a shortened Swedish M/1825 cavalry saber.
See: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024391355/sabel-m-1825?aq=owner%3A%22S-AM%22+text%3A%22sabel%22%2C%22m%2F1825%22&i=13

The hilt and guard is closer to, but not quite a Swedish M/1842 cavalry saber (the blade of this type is quite different though).
See: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024398655/sabel-m-1842?aq=owner%3A%22S-AM%22+text%3A%22sabel%22&i=15

[M. Nordlund]