Sword Scabbard Question

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Sword Scabbard Question

02-11-2007, 02:44 PM

I have read that the English Model 1796 Light Horse Saber, or Blucher Saber, is identical to the 1813 Pattern US Dragoon Saber. The only difference being that the scabbard of the US saber was blackened. Would this have been jappaned blacking?
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