with tapering double-edged blade of stiff-diamond section cut with pairs of very narrow fullers on each side, rectangular ricasso flattened for the thumb on the inside and pierced with decorative slots and circles within an additional pair of deep fullers, iron hilt with strongly down-curved quillons, moulded quillon-block with short écusson on each face, small ring-guard, chiselled associated pommel (perhaps earlier), and wooden grip with a later wire binding between 'Turk's heads' (the iron parts with areas of pitting and light surface rust), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard, perhaps the original, with iron locket and chape (suspension ring missing, chape detached) 29.5 cm; 11 5/8 in blade