dynogone:The Osborn ‘Flank’ Officer’s Sabre of the Georgian Period. Henry Osb
dynogone:The Osborn ‘Flank’ Officer’s Sabre of the Georgian Period. Henry Osborn (C.1785-1807) is one of the most famous sword cutlers in Georgian Britain. They partnered with Gunby in 1808, becoming Osborn & Gunby (C.1808-1820). These sabres have an average of a 10cm curve. Used by Officer’s of the Light Cavalry and Infantry as a frock/dress/fighting sword. A 10cm curved blade is one of the most curved styles of sabre in British Regiments, being highly irregular, rare and practically unusable in fighting circumstances. These sabres were based off the famous, well-liked and popular 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Sabre, but sized-down for infantry/dress. Also highly inspired by Shamshirs, following the 1798-1801 Egyptian Campaign, copying the Mameluke-style, being unfullered and highly curved. Most have stirrup-hilts or D-guards A wonderful graphic compiled by Dynogone showing the variation in a style of sabre that became hugely fashionable with British Officers of the late 18th to early 19th Century. These curved sabres which incorporate features of Middle Eastern and Hussar swords came into popularity in the 1790s and would have persisted until the mid 1820′s when new patterns of swords for infantry and cavalry officers resulted in changes to dress regulations. -- source link
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