Need some assistance from you professionals here.

[BrianPalmer]

My grandfather has been giving me swords from his collection for the past 10 years, and i have enjoyed collectiong them and such. But recently he was forced into assisted living. I sudenly have several swords on my hands. All are antiques and have been in his attic for unknown years. At his estate sale i sold several for $500-$1000 each, but kept the ones I was most fond of. I was wondering if there was anyone out here who might be able to give me some info on a few of them, such as history, estimated value and such. If so i would appreciate it. Also, Is there a branch of the ARMA in the Las Vegas area? Ive always been interested in such things but have never found any local groups. Thanks!

[Joachim Nilsson]

Hi Brian.

Do have have any photos of these swords of yours? That would be a great help.

Welcome to the forum btw. <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Brian Hunt]

Hi Brian,

for ARMA Las Vegas, contact Tony Indurante. You can find his email address here.

http://www.thearma.org/Practice/partners.htm

hope this helps.

Brian Hunt
GFS

[BrianPalmer]

I just took a ton of pictures, I need to edit them a bit so I'll post a couple either tonight or tomorow. Thanks for the intrest guys. Thanks for the info for local ARMA also

[BrianPalmer]

Ok, I took a few pictures. You can view them here: Sword Pictures

Any info yall may have would be appreciated, thanks all.

[Michael J Pierce]

Way cool.

I'm not an expert, but I'd like to share my first impressions:

When I first looked at the page, [the] first [thing] that came to mind were "officer swords" (not a legitmate term) I associate the civil war era with the thought for this reason: swords that were produced not for the sake of fighting, but for decative use. For example when I saw the sword bearing the Nazi Swasticas, I was reminded of swords given to officers among the marines. My mom side of the family possess several of these. So it may have simular ceramonial value. That particluar sword may be of interest to WW2 era historians and the such.

A very fine collection! Wish I had the resouces and the good fortune to amount to a simular one.

Michael

[Risto Rautiainen]

You might want to ask about these swords at www.myarmoury.com forums. There are some really knowledgeable people there who also collect weapons of this type. I recognized a couple of those, but will leave it to those who know a lot more.

[Jaron Bernstein]

The double headed eagle on one of the swords is a Czarist era Russian symbol so it likely pre-dates 1917. Can't say much more beyond that.

[Joachim Nilsson]

The sword bearing the swastika may very well be a German officer's sword from WWII. It being from Solingen and all. The rounded swastika was often used in the Third Reich. But before I say anything definitive on the subject I'd also like to guid eyou in the direction of myarmoury.com. Tons of people well educated on beautiful swords such as these hangs out over there on a daily basis. <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

[BrianPalmer]

Awesome, thanks for all the input guys. I will check with the folks at Myarmoury for more info. Ill continue to check back here as well incase someone else has info.

Brian

[Stacy Clifford]

Don't forget Dr. Lee Jones' site, also an excellent resource for collectors:

http://www.vikingsword.com

[Jeremy Martin]

Is the Nazi sword for sale? <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

Yes, the Nazis borrowed that symbol, so it isn't suprising to see on rounded like that. I wouldn't doubt that they may have used other variations from time to time.

I think the rounded look of it is sort of neat, and different.

Are any of these swords what you would call, 'useable'? Or mostly decorative? I'd have to agree with some of the others that they look mostly decorative, like later century officer swords. Not that I'm an expert. <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Aaron Pynenberg]

I did some research on a Nazi sword for my Grandpa awhile back, If I recall it looks like an Air Force Officers Saber, or possibly a Propaganda Officer's Sword

[Jeff Hansen]

The sword in pictures 1-4 looks like a napoleanic era issue for artillery personnel. The pieces in pictures 5-9 are Indonesian Kris. The nazi piece is obvious. The rest are more difficult to classify, so I will leave them to those more knowledgeable than myself.

Nice collection. Color me green with envy. <img src="/forum/images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" />

[Topher D. Scofield]

First time posting, and it's only a shaky two cent guess...
The long, straight bladed one (second row from the bottom) looks like some of the swords out of Africa using borrowed European blades and styles. That's only a guess based on pictures in a book that I don't have at my current disposal. Reliable, aren't I?