http://www.armasdondiego.com/antiquesswords.html
I guess this is what Pete has in mind when he talks about buying a sword ;)
Check out some of the links in that page, there are some astonishing pieces:
http://www.armasdondiego.com/fulfunswedme.html ^_^
[edit] And I forgot: the closest I have to that are two sabers, one found by my grandfather years ago that seems to be from the Spain-France war with Napoleon, and another that belonged to my great-grandfather, who was a colonel in the Republican army during the Spanish civil war. They seem nice enough to me :D [/edit]
I guess this is what Pete has in mind when he talks about buying a sword ;)
Check out some of the links in that page, there are some astonishing pieces:
http://www.armasdondiego.com/fulfunswedme.html ^_^
[edit] And I forgot: the closest I have to that are two sabers, one found by my grandfather years ago that seems to be from the Spain-France war with Napoleon, and another that belonged to my great-grandfather, who was a colonel in the Republican army during the Spanish civil war. They seem nice enough to me :D [/edit]