Victorian Life Guards Officer Sword – Universal Swords
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- Class
- Battle Ready
- Blade
- 1060-1065 High Carbon Steel
- Overall Length
- 45 5/8''
- Weight
- 2 lb 11.8 oz
- Brand
- Universal Swords
- Era
- 19th Century
Overview
Victorian Life Guards Officer Sword - Universal Swords
The Life Guards are one of the Royal Household Cavalry regiments in the British Army - the most senior of all British regiments. Though their history dates to 1658 it was not until 1788 that royal household cavalry units were divided into four regiments - two of which were the 1st and 2nd Life Guards. These units have a long combat history and participated in Waterloo, the Boer War and WW1. In 1922 the two Life Guard regiments were amalgamated into a single unit.
This Victorian Era Officers Dress Sword of the 2nd Life Guards was a 1872 modified version of the 1834 pattern sword. It continues today as the official state dress sword of the Life Guards.
The blade of this Life Guards Officer Sword has a blade of unsharpened, tempered high carbon steel. The blade is richly embossed with the motifs of the British Household Cavalry. The guard is of steel with the brass ornamental cypher riveted and richly displayed on the guard. The backplate and pommel are of steel. The grip is of leather with inlaid steel wire. The scabbard is of steel with brass accents and brass hanging rings.
Specifications
Every measurement that matters
- Brand
- Universal Swords
- Era
- 19th Century
- Pommel
- Nut
- Overall Length
- 45 5/8''
- Blade Length
- 39 1/8''
- Blade
- 1060-1065 High Carbon Steel
- Weight
- 2 lb 11.8 oz
- Edge
- Unsharpened
- P.O.B.
- 8 1/2''
- Thickness
- 7.4 mm - 5.4 mm
- Width
- 27 mm
- Grip Length
- 4 3/8''
- Class
- Battle Ready
- Country of Origin
- India
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The Maker
Universal Swords
With origins going back to 1960, India’s Universal Swords has been making reproduction swords for decades. With an emphasis on military sabers, universal produces a number of designs not found elsewhere. As the official US distributor of Universal Swords, KOA will be expanding to stock their entire line over time.
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The mutha of all parade swords :) A household cavalry reasonable sword that reached ceremonial gigantic proportions in a generation. The production taper isn’t there, as usual, but the pomp and splendor sure got it right. Got a period Guards knot. made a leather guard insert and polished white on both sides and made a white felt guard washer to slip over the blade. From 4 feet away it looks brilliant.
You can sharpen this and cut light stuff; messing up the etching on your blade. Or, parade dress your sword, march up to your enemy and present arms towards them. You can then have the pleasure of seeing them simply keeling over and falling off the podium in humility and shame at your bloody magnificence.
The balance feels odd on this one; the hilt doesn’t severely emphasize protecting the right or left knuckles but the balance leans toward LEFT on my copy, not sure why. The grind for the diamond cross section is clealr uneven and the back strip on the hilt is visibly not centered. Nothing disgusting just noticeable. Other than those issues this is a beaut. They did a great job on making the hilt looking magnificent. 3 stars for the odd balance.