British Officers’ Swords c.1800-20There was some interest in my tulwar post to see a comp

British Officers’ Swords c.1800-20There was some interest in my tulwar post to see a comp
British Officers’ Swords c.1800-20There was some interest in my tulwar post to see a comp
British Officers’ Swords c.1800-20There was some interest in my tulwar post to see a comp
British Officers’ Swords c.1800-20There was some interest in my tulwar post to see a comp
British Officers’ Swords c.1800-20There was some interest in my tulwar post to see a comp
British Officers’ Swords c.1800-20There was some interest in my tulwar post to see a comp
British Officers’ Swords c.1800-20There was some interest in my tulwar post to see a comp

British Officers’ Swords c.1800-20There was some interest in my tulwar post to see a comparison of grip sizes and to see a hand actually holding the swords for a sense of scale. Here are some photos I took way back in 2010 (apologies for the terrible background and lower image quality). I’m not sure what I was trying to achieve when I took these, but they do demonstrate how one could hold the swords, I suppose. They are, in order from top to bottom:British Pattern 1803 Infantry Officer’s SwordBritish Pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Officer’s SwordBritish Pattern 1796-style Officer’s Sword (with pipe-back blade) -- source link


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