Their steel scabbards were supplied with leather linings and German silver mouthpieces. I shall list the grades of sword available below.īest Proved Sword: Best proved swords had the highest possible standard of finish and were usually completed by hand.
There were several grades and types of sword on offer and buyers could pay extra to have any of them etched with extra details, such as a company’s name or a regiment’s name, their own initials, or even a message such as in the case of presentation swords.
Regardless of which sword pattern was bought, Wilkinson only supplied completed swords (including change-over hilts such as those found on some Scottish regulation patterns) and they never sold replacement parts except for scabbards. I hope these articles will serve as interesting references for my fellow sword collectors and researchers and I am thankful to both SFI and Robert Wilkinson-Latham for kindly giving this important and interesting project their permission and support.īritish Army officers, and other customers, could visit the sword showroom at 27–28 Pall Mall and choose their swords “in leisurely surroundings”.
Any text that you find set within quotation marks is presented verbatim. I have edited these notes together to form prose more suited to the medium here, striving to retain as much of the original author’s words and voice as possible while combating the succinct, disjointed nature of forum posts that comprise such sources. Presented here is the sum total of many thousands of forum posts, each fully explored alongside any related threads, the information then transcribed and organised into appropriate subheadings.
Henry Wilkinson and the Wilkinson Sword Company are still well known for their excellence in producing a variety of bladed weaponry and their swords are sought after by collectors to this day. As with the first article in this series, this instalment seeks to preserve and share the knowledge that Robert Wilkinson-Latham disseminated over many years on the Sword Forum International website.
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