Hutton Dueling Sabre with Scabbard

Simply lovely.

Ok, the Drawbacks:  The sword cannot stay secured to it's scabbard;  the pad that sits between the sword guard & the scabbard mouth as a seal cannot stay where it should.  The blade is supposedly made by the Windlass  co.  I have 2 items made by Windlass both have the Co.'s Maker's  Mark on them, this blade does not.  Training & Theatrical  blades tips are either rounded or folded  over as a safety;  the tip still has a point.

The Good Points:  The Blade has a good spring back to shape quality.  The overall workmanship of the sword & scabbard is professional quality. The balance of the sword is perfect as far I can tell  And the handling of  the sword is very good.

This is a reproduction of  a practice tool that may have been used in the 19th c.  But I wouldn't recommend it for practice in a fencing Salle of today.  It does make for a very  good  'Wall-Hanger'  that you can take down & practice saber moves & exercises  with.  It's also good-looking enough & well-handling enough that you use it in  theatrics.  But before you use it as a prop  I  suggest you grind the sword tip to a rounded end.  And there's enough room within the scabbard that you can add a rubber/plastic cover for the rounded sword-tip.  I've been using contact-cement  instead of cap on my practice knifes & sword; you can use rubber-cement or a rubber/plastic cap if you wish.  And you'll have to make your own pad to replace the felt one that lay between the guard & the scabbard; you could use cut-to-shape   layered leather or rubber or cushiony synthetic material.  A Decent buy.