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Saber Fencers; Argentina, C. 1900

Added on January 7th, 2010 by | Report Post
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This rare photograph was purchased in Argentina and shows two young, unidentified men practicing with sabers. The weapons correspond to the military ‘broadswords in use from Britain to Germany to the United States at that time.



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    dieAntagonista

    By far one of the best vintage photos I have ever seen. It’s almost surreal, like it’s hard to imagine that this moment was reality once.

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    Puulaahi

    Then you will be stoked when I post more. I live for this stuff too. I ♥ history.

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    conan776

    Only if it involves airplanes. This place needs more airplanes, amirite?

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    nyoki

    I thought exactly the same. Excellent find puul.

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    Messatsunokami

    All kinds of awesome

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    TrAyVon'S GhOSt, nuCca

    I like this picture.

    They have cool boots.

    They’re like these which I was thinking of buying but I’m not sure I can pull off a 2 inch heel:
    www.beatwear.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_high_point.html

    1.5 is as high as I go.

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    nyoki

    You get used to it.

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    WistfulD

    even modern saber fencing is hard core brutal compared to the other types (foil and epee).

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    mikoyangurevich15

    Back when real men were…macho nimrods.Shit,one slip and there goes your,uh,nimrod!

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    JamesTuskGeorge

    Great picture. Factually inaccurate.

    The British and US Military moved to sabres in the 18th century, broadswords weren’t used past 1750 or so. This photo can’t have been taken before the 1850s (1900 is more likely, but 1850 is possible), and although the swords were probably quite old in relative terms, they would have been made after 1800, and after the age of the broadsword.

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