This is intended to be an article that will be updated periodically, showcasing sword pattern examples from the period in which they were used as seen in photographs of the time, for reference purposes to help beginning collectors. All of these photographs are scanned from originals in my own collection…

This is a short article documenting the Royal Welch Fusiliers variant of the British 1822 Pattern officer’s sword, putting forward some conjecture in regards to how long the variant lasted based on available evidence, and discussing how many may have existed to give an idea of how many could have…

As the identification of original owners seems to be something many beginning collectors struggle to get to grips with, I felt that a clear set of guiding points may be helpful on this matter. …

Charles Shea Hunt was a career officer in the British Indian Army and British Army, serving first as a soldier and then as a commissioned…

A favourite from my personal collection that I acquired in early 2020, this sword is an 1821/45 Pattern British sword to the Royal Artillery, with a quirk to it — it is oversized for the Artillery and heavily built, such that I originally assumed that it must have been for…

A newly acquired sword of mine is this 1897 Infantry pattern sword with an unmarked economy/fighting blade bearing a proof slug marked ‘R’ which I believe to be late Reeves, a belief corroborated by British Military Swords from 1800 to the Present Day by John Wilkinson Latham — the book…

A few months ago, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a sword that passed at auction, having seen it and inquired after it as I recognised the crest on the blade. After a long delay due to the coronavirus lockdown, I was in touch with the seller…