Finally finished the project.
This is a very odd pattern Heer saber. My belief is that the piece dates to the Weimar era- possibly even a bit earlier. Bought it about 5 years ago on eBay for about $55. The piece was barely salvageably, and i bought it simply because of the strange hand worked hilt embellishments. Note the original grip which came on the piece- it looks like the saber was torched and it had no sharkskin or celluloid covering the wooden core. Most likely a custom order- perhaps for an officer who was involved with the Army band. Note the harp on both the P-guard and the backstrap/pommel assembly. I have no idea what the obverse langet designs are all about.
This piece had 0% gilting intact. Down to it's brass base. Best I could hope for was the clean her up. It took a number of years to locate a suitable grip replacement. I had a ill-sized grip on it in the past as a temporary fix. Bought a totally trashed Klaas on eBay last year for $35 to harvest the grip then resell the hilt parts to recoup the $35. I was able to determine from the pics on eBay that the grip would fit- it would just need some hand customizing and fitting.
Anyway, some before and after pics. Ordinarily I wouldn't waste my time and energy buying a piece in this shape. However, because i've never seen anything like it, with respect to hilt work, I decided it was worth the effort. I recently completed the project.
The project required me to unpeen the tang, then re-peen the tang over the P-guard once the grip was fit and installed (not a fun job and I don't reccommend it). The grip required Dremmel work in order to accommodate a correct tang-grip fit. Overall, this piece required a fair investment of time and energy.
Anywhooo, here's the pics.
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This is a very odd pattern Heer saber. My belief is that the piece dates to the Weimar era- possibly even a bit earlier. Bought it about 5 years ago on eBay for about $55. The piece was barely salvageably, and i bought it simply because of the strange hand worked hilt embellishments. Note the original grip which came on the piece- it looks like the saber was torched and it had no sharkskin or celluloid covering the wooden core. Most likely a custom order- perhaps for an officer who was involved with the Army band. Note the harp on both the P-guard and the backstrap/pommel assembly. I have no idea what the obverse langet designs are all about.
This piece had 0% gilting intact. Down to it's brass base. Best I could hope for was the clean her up. It took a number of years to locate a suitable grip replacement. I had a ill-sized grip on it in the past as a temporary fix. Bought a totally trashed Klaas on eBay last year for $35 to harvest the grip then resell the hilt parts to recoup the $35. I was able to determine from the pics on eBay that the grip would fit- it would just need some hand customizing and fitting.
Anyway, some before and after pics. Ordinarily I wouldn't waste my time and energy buying a piece in this shape. However, because i've never seen anything like it, with respect to hilt work, I decided it was worth the effort. I recently completed the project.
The project required me to unpeen the tang, then re-peen the tang over the P-guard once the grip was fit and installed (not a fun job and I don't reccommend it). The grip required Dremmel work in order to accommodate a correct tang-grip fit. Overall, this piece required a fair investment of time and energy.
Anywhooo, here's the pics.
t
Kevin.
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