"German Hunting Saber 17th Century"
Interesting typically Germanic hunting saberBLADE: Slightly curved, a fuller on each side. Falsecutting edge on the 16 centimeters near the point ..
Markings of stars and of a crescent moon, very similar to those encountered on sabers from Hungary, or Austria. Blade length = 61 cm
GUARD: Protective shell in the shape of a scallop shell. Guard branch with a curved quillon, the branch arc rises near the pommel.
POMMEL: steel, chiseled in a pattern "en suite" with the GUARD shell.
GRIP : in deer antler, as it is classic to find on a hunting weapon
This type of saber is not very common, we can date it from the last quarter of the 17th century.
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