Walloon saber, Western Europe, 2nd half of the 17th century.

saber length 950 mm, blade length 815 mm, blade width at base 38 mm, back thickness at base 6.5 mm, saber weight 835 g

Hand closed, iron frame. Shield-scabbarded hilt, formed by joining round bars in a typical blacksmith's way. Front and side bails connected to each other by a rod. On the inner side, a shield with an attached thumbstick. The outer shield slightly larger, in the shape of a heart. Both shields with relief decoration. Wooden shaft wrapped with wire or string and covered with leather. The notches on the spindle-shaped shaft were formed in this way. The head is spherical, riveted with a head pin. The steel hilt, of considerable curvature, profiled on both sides into a single, reaching double-edged pen with a boneyard. The hilt in line with the ridge. At the height of the pledge, both amphibians with blackened representations: right and left male profile and panoply.
provenance: Fischer auction house, Switzerland 2002, p. 146
state of preservation: 4+/4