Really, really old sword

**KarenFC** · 03-13-2014, 11:24 PM

I don't know the technical names for the different parts of a sword, so, please bear with me, and after your done laughing at me, all help is greatly appreciated! This sword looks really old and slightly on the primitive side. The blade has some sort of engraving or etching on both sides, barely legible. What we can make out is an orb with a Maltese cross on top of the orb. There may also be eagles of some kind? There is also some sort of name? incised in script into the flat side of the blade...Sottenstein? Blade length is 30-1/2". The scabbard appears to a reptile skin, snake? It is still soft and supple and in remarkable condition for the age. The decoration may be brass. Thanks guys!

**goodbuys** · 03-14-2014, 12:51 PM

You are asking a question about the sword.We are not laughing at you at all.That is why the forum is here to answer questions about artifacts of all kinds

**Wagriff** · 03-14-2014, 01:05 PM

Can you make out any of the writing at all? It is not possible to read in the photos, but in hand may be legible? It is very difficult to determine just what country this may be from without knowing what is written on it. For the moment, I would be tending towards a Hungarian Executioner's sword from the 17th century,as the blade is extremely heavy in construction, but that is just a 1st impression. Very doubtful that is could be a combat sword.

**Jerry B** · 03-14-2014, 01:30 PM

Looks to possibly have been made from parts, an odd one. The brass mount looks like something from a breast plate or an epaulette.

**big ned** · 03-14-2014, 01:37 PM

I think it may have been pulled from a large stone somewhere near Glastonbury......

**Nigel Lesgate** · 03-14-2014, 01:52 PM

I'm with Jerry on this one as it appears to be a Frankenstein! Very interesting though to see what it is comprised of and it looks damn old too.

**harryamb2** · 03-14-2014, 08:55 PM

it is maked,a souvanier on the back of the blade,so a tourist item.

**big ned** · 03-14-2014, 09:11 PM

by harryamb2

it is maked,a souvanier on the back of the blade,so a tourist item.

One of those Khyber Pass lash up's similar to the fake rifles, muskets and flintlock pistols emanating out of the India-Pakistan border region perhaps?

**Richie B** · 03-14-2014, 09:43 PM

The hilt looks as if could have started life as something similar to this perhaps.

**Walkwolf** · 03-14-2014, 09:53 PM

A very poor copy of something like this. I think Ned is on track.

Check the throat of the scabbard. It is poorly made and the
material is too thin to be genuine. As Jerry says, the brass
decoration is likely an epaulette.........