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British Military Swords

BRITISH MILITARY SWORDS

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Perhaps the most commonly asked question about our range of British Military Swords, British Cavalry Swords & British Navy Swords is “How are you able to sell them so cheaply?” Many of the long established British manufacturers sell the equivalent swords for up to 4 times the price of ours, so how are we able to keep our prices so low?

Our range of swords including our British Military Swords, British Cavalry Swords & British Navy Swords are made in India. India have a long tradition of making swords for the British Military. During the Indian Mutiny, some British Officers noticed that their swords were of inferior quality to the ones made by Indian smiths and had their swords refitted with Indian made blades. All of the blades on our British Military Swords are hand forged using similar techniques to those used on their historical counterparts.

As swords are rarely used in military parades these days, demand has dwindled and prices have soared. The specialist companies that are still making swords for the British Military, usually source the parts from India and assemble them in the UK. Our range of swords is made by skilled craftsmen in India, resulting in a much lower product cost than having them assembled in the UK.

Our swords are faithful replicas of originals. The fit and finish is not quite to the same standard of the domestically manufactured equivalents, but this is only apparent to the trained eye. As such they represent excellent value for money. Many of these swords are gifted from father to son/daughter upon graduation from officer training or are given as gifts to retiring military personnel.

We are proud members of the Defence Discount Service. Serving military personnel and veterans who are signed up to the Defence Discount Service scheme will receive a discount on selected products.

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  • DAMAGED - Premium British Infantry Officer's Sword - ER 1897 Pattern (Leather Scabbard)

    DAMAGEdoesn't fit in scabbard.
    Quantity: 1

    This sword is considered by some to be the best fighting sword ever issued to a British Officer. As such it has never been replaced and is the current issue sword within the British Army. The only difference between this sword and its Victorian predecessor is the cypher of the reigning monarch at the time of issue. The polished blade has been forged from AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel and has been well tempered. Includes regulation pattern leather scabbard. 

    Our Premium line is a step up in quality to our standard model. It features a real fish skin grip (stingray) bound with nickel plated wires, a steel guard with thick nickel plating and a textured buff leather scabbard with a wood core. 

    Total length: 99cm
    Blade length: 83cm
    Grip length: 9cm
    Grip: Fish Skin (Stingray), Nickel Plated Wires 
    Guard: Nickel Plated Steel 
    Weight: 1.1kg
    Blade thickness (base): 0.6cm
    Blade width (base): 2.5 cm
    Point of Balance (PoB): 18 cm
    Blade: AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel
    Edge: Blunt
    Pommel: Nut
    Scabbard: Wood, Leather and Steel

    All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

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    Regular Price: £360.00

    Special Price Excl. Tax: £237.50 Incl. Tax: £285.00

  • DAMAGED - British Infantry Officer's Sword - 1796 Pattern

    DAMAGE: Wire on the handle has unraveled and rusting.
    Quantity: 1

    This replica of the 1796 British Infantry Officer sword has a blade of unsharpened, tempered high carbon steel. Both sides of the blade feature the embossed cyper of the British Crown surmounted extensively by royal devices and floral motifs. It has a hilt of brass and a grip wrapped in copper wire that is plated with silver. Half of the guard is hinged and folds for ease of carry at the hip. The scabbard is of leather with brass accents.

    Total length: 95cm
    Blade length: 80cm
    Grip length: 6.5cm
    Weight: 784g
    Blade thickness (base): 0.7cm
    Blade width (base): 2.5cm
    Point of Balance (PoB): 31cm
    Blade: AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel
    Edge: Blunt
    Pommel: Nut
    Scabbard: Leather, Wood, Brass

    All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

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    Regular Price: £225.00

    Special Price Excl. Tax: £125.00 Incl. Tax: £150.00

  • British Heavy Cavalry Sword - 1796 Pattern

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    The 1796 Heavy Cavalry Sword was based on the Austrian 1775 pattern sword and was used by British Heavy Cavalry regiments such as the Dragoon Guards. The large blade had incredible cutting power but was cumbersome to use. It is perhaps most famous as the sword used by Richard Sharpe of the 95th Rifles in the series of books written by Bernard Cornwell.

    The polished blade has been forged from AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel and has been well tempered. Includes regulation pattern steel scabbard with Osborn and Co stamp.

    Replacement scabbard available separately

    Total length: 102 cm
    Blade length: 89 cm
    Grip length: 9.5 cm
    Weight: 1.266 kg
    Blade thickness (base): 7.3 mm
    Blade thickness (CoP): 5 mm
    Blade width (base): 3.4 cm
    Blade width (CoP): 3 cm
    Point of Balance (PoB): 20 cm
    Centre of Percussion (CoP): 21 cm
    Blade: AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel
    Edge: Blunt
    Pommel: Peened
    Scabbard: Steel

    All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

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    Excl. Tax: £183.33 Incl. Tax: £220.00

  • Household Cavalry Officer's Sword - 1814 Pattern

    The Household Cavalry consists of the 2 most senior regiments in the British Army regiments, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals. They were present at some of the British Army’s most notable battles, including Waterloo, where this sword would have seen action during the Charge of the Heavy Brigade.

    The styling of the Household Cavalry Officers Sword borrows much from the Prussian military ‘’Pallasch’’ swords. It features a tempered high-carbon steel blade inscribed with a “HAMBURGER & Co” makers mark to replicate an original. The ornate brass hilt encloses a leather wrapped wooden grip with twisted brass wire overlay. The wooden scabbard is covered with black leather and features an integrated brass sheath with brass hanging rings.

    Total length: 110cm
    Blade length: 96cm
    Grip length: 9.5cm
    Weight: 1550g
    Blade thickness (base): 0.8cm 
    Blade width (base): 3.2cm
    Point of Balance (PoB): 17cm
    Blade: AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel
    Edge: Blunt
    Pommel: Peened
    Scabbard: Leather, Wood, Brass

    All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

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    Excl. Tax: £208.33 Incl. Tax: £250.00

  • British Royal Horse Guard Sword - 1832 Pattern

    The British Royal Horse Guard were one of the Household Regiments of the British military – an elite of the top tier, their wargear reflected their status; tall, plumed helms, colorful sashes and well-groomed horses, they radiated the grandeur of the Royalty and its military traditions. Not merely a ceremonial parade regiment, the Royal Horse Guards served admirably in the Napoleonic and Peninsular Wars. Two squadrons of them fought with distinction in the Household Brigade at Waterloo in the charge of the British Heavy Cavalry.

    The 1832 Pattern Royal Horse Guards Officers Dress Sword reflects the ornate gear and status of the Royal Horse Guards. Its style is influenced by the embellished cavalry swords of the Continent; namely a French style pommel and a German style guard.

    This reproduction has an unsharpened blade of high carbon steel etched on both sides with the symbols of British royalty. The hilt is of brass and the grip is ribbed leather wrapped with inlaid brass wire. The scabbard is of steel with brass accents and suspension rings. A leather washer at the base of the blade protects the crossguard from colliding into the metal throat of the scabbard.

    Overall Length:
     116cm
    Blade Length: 101cm
    Grip Length: 11cm
    Weight: 975g
    Edge: Blunt
    Width: 27.7mm
    Thickness: 7.4-5.3mm
    Pommel: Nut
    POB: 18cm
    Blade: EN9 High Carbon Steel
    Scabbard: Steel

    All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

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    Excl. Tax: £165.83 Incl. Tax: £199.00

  • British Household Cavalry Sword - 1834 Pattern

    After the Crimean War there were many changes made within British Heavy Cavalry Regiments. One of these changes was the adoption of a variation of the 1st Life Guards Sword by the 2nd Life Guards. This sword served throughout the Boer War and WWI until the regiments were amalgamated in 1922. It still serves today as the official state sword of the Life Guards. The polished blade has been forged from EN9 steel and has been well tempered.

    Total length:
     116 cm
    Blade length: 99.5 cm
    Grip length: 11 cm
    Weight: 1.202 kg
    Blade thickness (base): 7.4 mm
    Blade thickness (CoP): 5.5 mm
    Blade width (base): 3 cm
    Blade width (CoP): 2.5 cm
    Point of Balance (PoB): 21 cm
    Centre of Percussion (CoP): 30 cm
    Blade: AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel
    Edge: Blunt
    Pommel: Peened
    Scabbard: Steel, Brass

    All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

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    Excl. Tax: £183.33 Incl. Tax: £220.00

  • British Light Cavalry Sabre - 1796 Pattern

    3 Review(s)

    Famed for its use by Britain’s Light Dragoons and Hussars during the Peninsular War and Waterloo, this sword was also supplied to the Prussian Cavalry in great numbers and even found favour in the USA. This design was suggested for British service by cavalry officer John Gaspard Le Marchant, who believed cavalry swords should be light and have a curved, slashing blade. The long curved blade has been forged from AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel and has been well tempered.

    Replacement scabbard available separately

    Total length: 96 cm
    Blade length: 83 cm
    Grip length: 9.5 cm
    Weight: 1.078 kg
    Blade thickness (base): 6 mm 
    Blade width (base): 3.4 cm 
    Point of Balance (PoB): 22 cm
    Blade: AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel
    Edge: Blunt
    Pommel: Peened
    Scabbard: Steel

    All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

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    Excl. Tax: £208.33 Incl. Tax: £250.00

  • British Light Cavalry Sabre - 1796 Pattern - Blue Etching

    This British 1796 Cavalry Saber has been beautifully embellished with a blued and gilt treatment at the base of the blade which was a popular adornment for military officers to dignify their swords above the standard issue to match their rank and station. The tempered blade is forged from 1055 high carbon steel and the hilt is steel with a wood and leather grip. The blade is peened over the pommel to solidly fit the blade into the hilt. The sword is matched with a steel scabbard completed with steel hanging rings.

    The British pattern 1796 Cavalry Saber was used by the Hussars, Light Dragoons and Kings German Legion Light Cavalry of the Napoleonic Era. The sword was designed by John Gaspard Le Marchant, one of the finest cavalrymen of his day who bemoaned the long and heavy swords then in use by his expeditionary force during their experience in France during its Revolutionary War. His design became one of the most lauded of cavalry sabers.Unlike its predecessor, the 1796 saber had a more pronounced curve, making slashing easier and deadly. The saber, somewhat unusually among its peers, also widened at its tip, putting weight and heft at the tip making its slashes more vicious.

    Total length: 96 cm
    Blade length: 83 cm
    Grip length: 9.5 cm
    Weight: 1.078 kg
    Blade thickness (base): 6 mm
    Blade width (base): 3.4 cm
    Point of Balance (PoB): 22 cm
    Blade: AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel
    Edge: Blunt
    Pommel: Peened
    Scabbard: Steel

    All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

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    Excl. Tax: £291.67 Incl. Tax: £350.00

  • Prince of Wales’s 30th Light Dragoons Officer's Sabre

    Our British Light Dragoons Sabre is a replica of the swords carried by the Prince of Wales’s 30th Light Dragoon Regiments from 1794-1796. A similar sword was carried by the Princes of Wales’s 10th Light Dragoon Regiments (still in existence as the 10th Royal Hussars). The 30th Light Dragoons Regiment only existed for a couple of years, making this sword both rare and collectable. The National Army Museum in London has one of the few surviving originals in its collection.

    Total length: 100cm
    Blade length: 86cm
    Handle length: 10cm
    Blade thickness: 7mm - 3.7mm
    Point of Balance (POB): 15cm
    Weight: 1kg
    Blade: AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel
    Edge: Blunt
    Pommel: Integrated
    Scabbard: Leather, Wood, Steel

    All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

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    Excl. Tax: £233.33 Incl. Tax: £280.00

  • 95th Rifles Regimental Sabre - 1803 Pattern

    This sword is a must for fans of Bernard Cornwell’s “Sharpe”! Army regulations specified that the swords for officers of the Rifle Corps was to be ‘a sabre similar to the Light Cavalry’. The 1796 sabre was clearly too long and the result was the 1803 Pattern Regimental Sabre.

    This sword is based on an original in the National Army Museum. The original blade has faded evidence of complex etching, this has not been replicated on our tempered AISI 1065 high carbon steel blade. The brass, nickel-plated hilt features a wood grip wrapped in black leather with a steel wire overlay. It is also etched with the number 95, alluding to the 95th Rifles Regiment. The pure buff hardened leather scabbard has steel fittings and suspension rings. It is based on a watercolour print from 1812 showing an officer of the 95th wearing a scabbard of this configuration.

    Total length: 94cm
    Blade length: 80cm
    Grip length: 9.5 cm
    Weight: 1176g
    Blade thickness (base): 0.5cm
    Blade width (base): 3cm
    Point of Balance (PoB): 18 cm
    Blade: AISI 1065 High Carbon Steel
    Edge: Blunt
    Pommel: Nut
    Scabbard: Leather, Steel

    All dimensions are approximate and may vary from piece to piece.

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    Excl. Tax: £208.33 Incl. Tax: £250.00

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