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Fencing weapons, Private

2017 Conservation and Restoration

Conservation and restoration of two fencing weapons - rapier and saber - used in the service of the Portuguese Navy, from a private collection.

  • saber with steel blade, copper alloy (brass) guard, wooden hilt with decorative copper alloy (brass) filaments and a leather decorative element
  • iron alloy saber scabbard
  • leather and copper alloy belt
  • rapier made of gilded copper alloy, iron alloy, silver alloy 
  • leather rapier scabbard with golden copper alloy
Before (rapier fist)
After (rapier fist)
Before (rapier sheathed)
After (rapier unsheathed)
Saber and scabbard, after the intervention.
After (sheathed saber and belt)
After (saber and scabbard)
After (sheathed saber and belt)