Captain Firecloud

Yes a 1917 cutlass .... but unlike many of the lesser grade blades "Cold Steel" makes truly fucntional blades. Nor are the handles glued or rivetted on, thus making them ready for customizing.

Not only does cold steel make an amazing functional cutlass they also have a training video on sabre & cutlass .... The video ... http://www.coldsteel.com/vdfsc.html The Cutlass http://www.coldsteel.com/19serswor.html I have found that a wooden chinese dao makes an exelent practice cutlass ... the best ones are made from a single piece of oak (there is no guard) you can also use one of the many Iberia blades. File down the edge and the point, making it safer for sparring work.You shoul wear protection for any type of weapons sparring (hockey and lacrosse work very well) Blades ... do a search on this site for "cutlass" http://www.casiberia.com