Cold Steel 1796 Light Cavalry Saber – Leather Scabbard
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- Class
- Battle Ready
- Blade
- 1055 High Carbon Steel
- Overall Length
- 37 1/2''
- Weight
- 2 lb 3.6 oz
- Brand
- Cold Steel
Overview
Cold Steel 1796 Light Cavalry Saber - Leather Scabbard
This saber was widely used by the British and their Prussian allies under General Blucher in the Battle of Waterloo. The blade was derived from the ferocious Indian Talwar and was reviled by the French who protested its use due to the horribly destructive wounds it inflicted. In fact, this saber was so successful as a cutting weapon, that the German Cavalry continued to use it right up to the beginning of the 20th century! Features a sharpened high carbon steel blade with steel hilt and a leather wrapped grip. Includes a matching leather scabbard with steel fittings.
Specifications
Every measurement that matters
- Brand
- Cold Steel
- Pommel
- Nut
- Overall Length
- 37 1/2''
- Blade Length
- 31 1/2''
- Blade
- 1055 High Carbon Steel
- Weight
- 2 lb 3.6 oz
- Edge
- Sharp
- P.O.B.
- 7 3/4''
- Thickness
- 7 mm - 2.9 mm
- Width
- 35 mm
- Grip Length
- 3 7/8''
- Class
- Battle Ready
- Country of Origin
- India
- Type
- Saber
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Pattern 1796 British Light Cavalry Sabre Review and Test Cutting, Reproduction by Cold Steel
The Maker
Cold Steel
Cold Steel was founded in 1980; a stalwart of the knife community, Cold Steel also has a large selection of swords and daggers which are sourced from all over the world. Functional and competitively priced, Cold Steel products showcase a substantial variety of offerings and they cover martial arts weapons, historical swords, and robust tomahawks and practical machetes.
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Thank you for the sword it took a while to get here but it was well worth it. Its nice to hold but gets heavy after a while but I can get use to it. I love the sword 😍
I have collected weaponry for almost 40 years, and this is one of the most impressive reproductions I have come across. Having handled original examples of this sabre, I was pleasantly surprised to find how light and lively this sword is, quite like an actual 1796 military issue. Less than 2 ounces heavier, it still retains the friskiness of the light calvary original, and the ounce and a half extra actually improves its ability as a chopper, without hindering its slashing capacity. The historical inaccuracies are minor (the pommel nut, the unriveted ears on the grip, ect) and they don’t detract from the functionality of the weapon at all. Quite the contrary, in fact. I rather prefer the wood and leather scabbard to the clumsy steel one as well. All and all, I am confident that this reproduction is one that Brigade Major John Gaspard Le Marchant would be proud to issue, and even to use himself. (Though the officers’ model was lighter still.)