Fencing Sabre

Item

Title

Fencing Sabre

Subject

Sabres

Description

Fencing sabre with three bar hilt, shagreen grip, and 20mm double-fullered blade. Marked with "New York" and "Germany" on the blade's forte.

Publisher

Fencing Arms & Artifacts

Rights

CC BY-NC 4.0

Is Part Of

Kevin Murakoshi Collection

Extent

Overall length 99.2 cm. Blade length 84.5 cm in front of guard, fuller length 55.0 cm. Blade thickness 6.93 x 20.47 mm at guard, 5.02 x 18.52 mm at strong, 5.10 x 18.93 mm at middle, 2.84 x 18.06 mm at weak, 2.09 x 13.96 mm at point. Blade curvature 17.45 mm at strong, 25.95 mm at middle, 18.65 mm at weak. Hilt 14.8 cm total length. Guard 13.0 x 13.5 cm (including knucklebow & rolled top), 2.63 mm thick material, 6.4 cm between knucklebow and grip. Grip 14.4 cm total length, 11.7 cm visible [material], 17.4 x 26.4 mm thick at middle. Point of balance 12.6 cm from guard. Weight 776 grams. Measured according to FAAMP 1.0.

Type

Fencing sword

Identifier

2020.08.009

Provenance

Loaned for digitization by Kevin Murakoshi

Digitized by Benjamin Bowles

Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles