Russian sword

[nickolas33]

Hello dear friends
I do not know if it is the right post for this sword but I cannot found where else to post it.
Few days ago I bought a Russian sword ( shashka ) but when I saw it from close,realised that it is a repro technically old.Is it truth? Thank you.
Regards...Nick

[Frogprince]

Nick, Technically speaking the Soviets copied the Imperial era Shashka (Шашка) adding a Soviet motif in two different styles (early and later) with other changes before terminating series production in 1945. But as I think you already suspect the fakers have been hard at work in making copies that have gotten better as time goes on. And most unfortunately I think that the one here falls into that category. Best Regards, Fred

PS: As a related matter Russians in the service of the Wehrmacht carried Soviet era Shashkas, with some postwar fakes having TR era motifs.