the first with tapering blade double-edged towards the point and retaining traces of etched decoration at the forte, silver-plated hilt including down-turned scalloped shell-guard and a pair of quillons with scrolling terminals, and natural staghorn grip, perhaps the original, pierced at the top for a thong or tassel; the second with straight double-edged blade, rectangular ricasso, iron hilt of rounded bars comprising vertically recurved quillons, ring-guards and faceted tall ovoid pommel and wire-bound grip, the first: 56.7 cm blade