Household Cavalry Troopers' Sword

Like the officer’s version, the 1892 Trooper’s Sword features a heavy single-edged blade. The bowl, chased and pierced, with initials HC interwined also carries the sovereign’s crown. The grip is of wood covered with fish-skin and bound with silver-plated copper wire.
The scabbard is made of high-quality nickel-plated steel.

Regiments

• The Life Guards
• The Blues and Royals

Specifications

• Blade length: 37 inches
• Blade width at hilt: 1 inch

Slow steps to perfection

The evolution of Household Cavalry swords was punctuated by a seemingly endless succession of committees, specifications, prototypes, trials and revisions. An a fundamental conflict of official opinion over the priority of cutting versus thrusting was never fully resolved.

Nonetheless, the 1892 pattern crowned these painstaking efforts and saw successful active service.

Military Swords