Sunday, May 2, 2021

Resenter II

In the style of a Colonial American hunting sword from the 1760s-1770s, after William Moulton or John Bailey.  It uses the blade and scabbard from a replica British 1742 infantry sword via Dixie Gun Works, with pommel (#27) and belt buckle (EA) by Roy Najecki, and grip, S-guard and frog fabricated by myself.  The counterguard is an oval knife guard also from Dixie Gun Works, which I soldered a flange onto.

Other parts come from various sources which I will elaborate if anyone wants to know.  I filled the pommel with lead to provide more counterweight, then drilled holes for the tang and eyebolt.  The maple grip is stained with Minwax mahogany and finished with boiled linseed oil, and the hilt is held together with pitch glue as well as the ground-down hex nut.  Belt is stained with tea and vinegaroon, finished with neatsfoot oil and beeswax, and stitched with waxed linen cord.

Algernon de Pangim's second hunting sword (thus Resenter II) may very well have been a standard-issue infantry sword remounted by a Colonial cutler, as it's clearly lower-end as far as hunting swords go, with the brass furniture and common wood grip.

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