{"product_id":"rare-imperial-russian-model-1827-pioneer-artillery-short-sword-dated-1831-w-matching-scabbard","title":"Rare Imperial Russian Model 1827 Pioneer\/Artillery Short Sword (Tesak) – Dated 1831 w\/ Matching Scabbard","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eAn exceptionally rare, 100% historically correct Imperial Russian Model 1827 Short Sword produced during the reign of Emperor Nicholas I. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eForged in 1831 at the Zlatoust Arms Factory (Златоустовский Оружейный Завод), this short sword is an outstanding example of early 19th-century Russian imperial craftsmanship, issued during a period of massive military expansion and modernisation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eUnlike the saw-back engineering variants, this weapon features the historically accurate smooth-back profile, indicating specialised issue to Imperial Artillery crews, Naval detachments, or specialised garrison troops for camp utility and personal defence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eWhat truly elevates this particular piece into an elite collector category is the presence of its original, structurally matching scabbard. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe vast majority of surviving 19th-century Russian tesaks lost their scabbards to time or are found with mismatched pieces salvaged later.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eBoth the sword crossguard and the scabbard's brass throat feature the deeply struck, identical ВН Cyrillic monogram belonging to the same Zlatoust arsenal reception inspector. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThis serves as undeniable proof that this sword and scabbard have remained together as a true matching set for nearly two centuries. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe steel blade and solid brass furniture feature crisp, textbook serif-style imperial stamps:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eBlade Ricasso: Deeply stamped with І•З (Cyrillic factory initials for Zlatoust), the ordnance inspector monogram МФ, and the official imperial arch\/crescent proof\/test mark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eBrass Crossguard: Deeply dated 1831, stamped with primary inspector mark ВН, and sub-inspector quality mark АК.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eScabbard Throat: Stamped with the matching ВН inspector code flanked by factory alignment marks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe massive falchion-style steel blade is structurally rock-solid with no cracks or structural chips. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eIt displays honest, uniform age-pitting and dark carbon graying appropriate for a 195-year-old combat weapon. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eIt has preserved its beautiful uncleaned historical patina.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe iconic ribbed solid-brass handle and crossguard are tight to the tang with zero wobble. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe brass shows a gorgeous, dark golden mellow patina with minor handling marks.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe original leather-wrapped wood scabbard body remains intact with stable stitching. The brass throat (with original frog stud) and the brass tip chape are firmly secured.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eSword length approx 28\", Blade approx 21\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe photographs are of the actual item and form part of the description.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ePlease examine the photographs carefully and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\" class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haywards Antiques \u0026 Collectables","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57165294829833,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/5437\/0569\/files\/33470822-7C78-415E-8598-8C2CF4DB1300_1_201_a-Photoroom.png?v=1782840785","url":"https:\/\/haywardsantiques.co.uk\/products\/rare-imperial-russian-model-1827-pioneer-artillery-short-sword-dated-1831-w-matching-scabbard","provider":"Haywards Antiques \u0026 Collectables","version":"1.0","type":"link"}