03 July 2023

I Have A Question

Why does General Washington have a bullfighter's sword?

Update: The hilt does appear to be based on his cuttoe, but the blade is all wrong (as are details of the hilt).

Update 2, George is holding his upside-down:


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6 comments:

  1. Bigus Macus04 July, 2023 02:52

    Check out this site https://www.mountvernon.org/preservation/collections/general-washingtons-military-equipment/

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  2. W. Fleetwood04 July, 2023 03:28

    I believe it's called a Cuttoe, which, to me, has always looked like an Infantry sabre that got left in the dryer too long. They were slightly shorter and quite a bit lighter than a full on military sword, the idea being that you put it on in the morning and wore it all day long, on foot or mounted either one. Like a compact, aluminum framed EDC pistol, sort of, (Colt LW Commander?)

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  3. Angus McThag04 July, 2023 04:04

    It's not his cuttoe or the Lafayette. The reason I ask if it's a bullfighter sword is that distinctive cross-distal curve to the blade at the end that I've only seen in a matador's hand.

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    1. PM06 July, 2023 10:11

      Is it possible that the "cross-distal curve" to which you refer is an artefact of the viewing angle?

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    2. Angus McThag06 July, 2023 10:17

      I considered that, but the curve is too sudden at the end. It's like Beans says. Grabbed *A* sword and had the model pose with it. The sword happened to be a Matador's Estoc.

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  4. Beans04 July, 2023 04:52

    For the same reason all the Napoleonic-era/Waterlooish paintings that Old NFO has been running on his place have major inaccuracies. Because most artists aren't Angus McBride. Holding swords sideways or upside down, wrong uniforms, wrong horse furniture, wrong this, wrong that. Even with the buildings still there when lots of paintings were painted, still things like the actual buildings came out wrong.

    Not all artists are as good as Reubens or Angus McBride or artists of that caliber and attention to detail.

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