Sean Scott
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- Jun 8, 2007
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I am nearing the end of my Army career and want to "bling" my dress saber before it goes on the wall.
It's a standard M1902-pattern WKC-Solingen offering, nickel plated high-carbon steel with regulation etchings, tens of thousands just like it. I come from a family with a long tradition of Army service, and I have long admired some of the sabers bought by family members in the 1910s to the 1930s. Deep etchings, horn and ebony handles, and occasionally a (to me) very attractive brass PROVED slug inset in to the ricasso. The anemic offerings of the last 20 years, even from firms like Wilkinson, don't measure up in some ways, especially in the depth and detail of the etchings.
I want to have one of those PROVED slugs inserted into the ricasso of my blade, and have the regulation blade design engraved instead of etched. I was discussing this with a friend, and he said that to do that the present nickel plating would have to be removed and the etched areas polished down, and that by the time all that was done the blade would be dorked up. And, depending on the method used to remove the nickel, the temper of the blade might be lost.
Is this a viable project, or should I let this one go?
Thanks!
It's a standard M1902-pattern WKC-Solingen offering, nickel plated high-carbon steel with regulation etchings, tens of thousands just like it. I come from a family with a long tradition of Army service, and I have long admired some of the sabers bought by family members in the 1910s to the 1930s. Deep etchings, horn and ebony handles, and occasionally a (to me) very attractive brass PROVED slug inset in to the ricasso. The anemic offerings of the last 20 years, even from firms like Wilkinson, don't measure up in some ways, especially in the depth and detail of the etchings.
I want to have one of those PROVED slugs inserted into the ricasso of my blade, and have the regulation blade design engraved instead of etched. I was discussing this with a friend, and he said that to do that the present nickel plating would have to be removed and the etched areas polished down, and that by the time all that was done the blade would be dorked up. And, depending on the method used to remove the nickel, the temper of the blade might be lost.
Is this a viable project, or should I let this one go?
Thanks!