Is it just me? I love the uniqueness and individual history of the wonderfully inlaid and/or embellished swords etc. but what really makes my mouth salivate is the pure functional design and implementation of the more plain battlefield weapons… great stuff there, just awesome.
Man I just love seeing stuff in auctions. No better places to see a variety of interesting and beautiful pieces of history. Love it! Please do more. Like a lot more. ; ) Cheers!
The wedding picture in the background of that 1830s officer's documents is beautiful. I love going through old photographs and wondering who those people were and what they were thinking right at that exact moment.
I have several Market-Garden maps. They look absolutely fabulous. Certainly fringe though. That George III sword was the stand out for me. Worthy of the thumbnail to be sure.
Matt, you showed us and told us about almost every object in the room, including naval maps, and paintings, except for that really nice, horn/ivory handled yataghan. The one on the second shelf on your left-side cabinet at 01:30
@@scholagladiatoria Yeah kinda but mostly from your own collection, maybe you could contact an auction house about taking more in depth hands on looks on their interesting swords? Good marketing for them
The only auction I've ever been to is the Minneapolis impound lot auction, where I got my first car. There you pay the price that you bid. An auction house taking 25% over the bid seems ridiculous to me. I mean, real estate agents usually take 6-10%, and that's reasonable in most circumstances. 25% is exorbitant if you ask me. Especially if that's over the bid. If anything, the auction house should take their fee from the seller, not from the bidder, since it's really the seller who is receiving the service of the auction house, just like in real estate, the agent takes their fee from the seller.
Ultimately the fees are paid by the purchaser. Also, those purchasers dictate the buying price knowing the commission rate. It's just a case of how you look at it.
What is your favourite British Sword? Mine has to be The Basket Hilted Highland Broadsword/Claymore, Wish I was 20 Years Younger to learn how to handle a Claymore & Targe properly
Very nice! Hoping for some in-depth videos with the "standout" pieces of your choosing, but I don't know how freely you are allowed to take them out and manipulate them
I will check out your auction, I have some money to burn... In a manner of speaking of course. You have a massive cornucopia of military and historical weapons. I Wish You the Very best on Your Auction Matt. Please give Cat "Oscar" Easton my very best!!! I about your wife's book, I am looking forward to a good read. Gotta love the fuzzballs!!!
I went on to your site and was pleasantly surprised that the prices weren't near as high as I would have thought. I do some minor restorations on some small antiques, I don't know how you can get a hold of some of these things and not instantly break out the rust remover and polish and go to town!
Mr. Easton: have you thought about doing a special on the variety of Euro/Mediterranean/Asian sabres produced, like the whole spectrum over the course of centuries? That's your fav anyway!
thanks for tuning in to another video on scholagladiatoria.com. I'm Matt Easton and I'm here today at the Chiswick Auction House taking a look at some of the militaria they are going to be selling in their 2019 May premier antique arms, armour and militaria auction.
I'm rather curious as to the physical and practical differences between the Wilkinson "Percy" pattern double edged straight sabre blade and the 1831 pattern Highland Officer's Broadsword,and given that the Highland Cavalry Officer's sword that came up in one of your videos had a guard modelled on (I think, but I apologise if I'm wrong) the 185? cavalry officer's sabre, how would these two swords differ?
Did they shoot twice at the breast plate? And was it normal that they didn't repair the damage of the test shots? Could at leats one of the hits be actual battle damage?
Hey Matt! Do you still do Q&As? How do you clean an antique sword that's pitted all the way through? Is there any hope or do you just leave it in the condition as-is?
If something is heavily pitted, it is normally best just to stablise any surface rust (light rubbing with steel wool), give it a good oil and leave it. In my experience, when you start trying to polish a very pitted blade it just ends up making the pitting more obvious and it looks worse. It's still a functional blade with pitting.
They were used by both light cavalry and royal artillery officers, so they are one of the model common models. They vary quite a bit in terms of weight and handling though.
Too bad that I´m broke... On the other hand, it makes me think of how many of these pieces probably came from owners who were forced to sell them due to financial problems and from collectors who died and the family couldn´t afford to keep it. In either case, it must hurt a lot giving these things away, especially when you collected them over a big part of your life with great passion, or they symbolise family history...
There's no "pointy object ban" in the Commonwealth; we're not all cooking with plastic knives. In general you can own sharp weapons, you just can't carry them in public without a reason (and self-defence doesn't count). The only outright bans are for concealable or fast-deploying weapons, like switchblades.
@Joe Blow Ditto Singapore, a former colony of United Kingdom. Unfortunately it is a neo-kleptocracy with a socialist / communist administration and a largely command economy. I recall American boy being canned for scratching up a Mercedes Benz. Americians coined it Disneyland With a Death Sentence.
Robert R thanks, I just hadn’t heard an update in the situation. I’m lucky enough to live in a state of the US where I can carry anything from a balisong to an otf switchblade to a swirl if I wanted
"Obviously you're very welcome to come down to Chiswick Auctions and have a view of everything we've got here … and of course, you know, handle things, ask some questions. I'm on view now. You can come down over the Bank Holiday weekend and indeed up until the morning of the auction, before we actually go live with the auction." You do realise that you've just told people that they can handle you and ask questions about you don't you?
I feel like the serrated Tulwar would not cut as well as a normal flat blade. Am I wrong? Was it just something fancy for a rich noble to own to show off to his friends at parties? Or did it have a purpose?
That Wilkinson rifle officers blade is lovely, I've never seen one like it, now excuse me while I go sell one of my Kidneys to the Chinese so I can afford to buy it.
Matt can i ask a business question? Feel free to message me at any time if you would like to respond privately but with shipping have customers you have sent to in Australia had any trouble with customs on their end. In my state it is the worst for owning such things. I am a registered Historical edged weapons collector (with bugger all to date in my collection) which entitles me to own otherwise prohibited weapons but still customs seems to confiscate some shipments and unless you go to court your item is more or less destroyed. I would love to buy from you one day but i am scared to spend good money to be helpless if customs takes my order that i am legally allowed to own and possess. There are so many things id like to buy from outside out my country like a dane axe from Tord or loads of reproductions from Kult of Athena but yeah...... scared to spend 800-1500 quid to see it go down the drain.
Hi Owen - I have personally shipped quite a few swords to Australia (maybe 20-30) and never had any issues. The only issues I have heard of from other dealers is that Australian shipments sometimes travel through Dubai and some items have been stolen while in transit there.
@@scholagladiatoria Thanks heaps for that Matt. That gives me some confidence that at least the odds are in my favour should something come up that i just have to have. Not that it really helps with genuine historcal swords as they can not be replaced but i hope the postal service covers the theft in transit for you or your buyer.
@@LuffyFanBoy99 in Victoria mate. Every other state you can own swords or other historical edged weapons with out question but victoria you need an exemption from the law by registering as a collector with the Historical Edged Weapons Collectors Guild. There are a few retailers here but the quality is not great. I tried to buy a viking era sword from one and it was an atrocious pakistani make reproduction. Looked like it was ground by being drug behind a car, the guard had more movement in it than elvis's hips, the wire wrap stabbed me the first time i picked it up, and the pommel rattled more than a kids toy lol. There arent any FB groups either for local sword nerds to sell, trade or just talk about swords. If i didnt have so much work on and a few fb pages already id start one.
I disagree with that totally. I buy hundreds of items through auction each year without having seen them in person. If you know about the sorts of objects you are bidding on then you know what things to look out for in the photos and descriptions, and you can always ask an auction house for more photos and a condition report. Dealers buy from auctions without physically going there all the time - there is no other way to buy enough stock.
You are very fortunate to be able to work in the field you do. Being able to see all these pieces of history is so cool. Thanks for sharing.
Is it just me? I love the uniqueness and individual history of the wonderfully inlaid and/or embellished swords etc. but what really makes my mouth salivate is the pure functional design and implementation of the more plain battlefield weapons… great stuff there, just awesome.
"a narrow broadsword blade" Sword terminology makes me chuckle sometimes.
Man I just love seeing stuff in auctions. No better places to see a variety of interesting and beautiful pieces of history. Love it!
Please do more. Like a lot more. ; )
Cheers!
Great video Matt! I hope you do more of these in the future. I would love to attend one of your auctions.
The wedding picture in the background of that 1830s officer's documents is beautiful. I love going through old photographs and wondering who those people were and what they were thinking right at that exact moment.
Wow, I wish I could visit and have a close look at all these amazing pieces. Thanks for sharing, Matt!
I have several Market-Garden maps. They look absolutely fabulous. Certainly fringe though. That George III sword was the stand out for me. Worthy of the thumbnail to be sure.
Matt, you showed us and told us about almost every object in the room, including naval maps, and paintings, except for that really nice, horn/ivory handled yataghan. The one on the second shelf on your left-side cabinet at 01:30
That was great! Thank you for your work.
Wow amazing collection Matt sir
You should try turning into sword forgotten weapons
Is that not what I am?
Considering more swords could be called forgotten weapons I think he already is
Indeed. I would love to see you do a collaboration with Ian McCollum when he's in the UK again.
@@scholagladiatoria Yeah kinda but mostly from your own collection, maybe you could contact an auction house about taking more in depth hands on looks on their interesting swords? Good marketing for them
The only auction I've ever been to is the Minneapolis impound lot auction, where I got my first car. There you pay the price that you bid. An auction house taking 25% over the bid seems ridiculous to me. I mean, real estate agents usually take 6-10%, and that's reasonable in most circumstances. 25% is exorbitant if you ask me. Especially if that's over the bid. If anything, the auction house should take their fee from the seller, not from the bidder, since it's really the seller who is receiving the service of the auction house, just like in real estate, the agent takes their fee from the seller.
Ultimately the fees are paid by the purchaser. Also, those purchasers dictate the buying price knowing the commission rate. It's just a case of how you look at it.
such beautiful blades. I wish I had enough money to some day in the near future to own something as beautiful and cool as these blades
More of these vids if you can please Matt.
So much cool stuff. If I only had the money to buy even one of these items.
That must be as awesome as working at a museum..., maybe more because if you are lucky you get to keep some of the stuff!
I would be interesting to see what the auction results were on the blades that you featured were, when all is said and done.
Lots of good stuff!
"russian sword" is dragoon shashka if i see clearly unlike normal shashka that has no quilons or handguard dragoon ones had handguards.
00:26 Matt being modest, as always... ;)
What is your favourite British Sword? Mine has to be The Basket Hilted Highland Broadsword/Claymore, Wish I was 20 Years Younger to learn how to handle a Claymore & Targe properly
What was the sub-hilt knife on the second shelf down you panned across when you showed the Bowie knives? I love sub-hilt fighters.
Looking good, Matt. That shirt suits you well.
Agreed. Though it is wierd to see him not in a Superdry shirt.
I fell in love
Very nice! Hoping for some in-depth videos with the "standout" pieces of your choosing, but I don't know how freely you are allowed to take them out and manipulate them
I will check out your auction, I have some money to burn... In a manner of speaking of course. You have a massive cornucopia of military and historical weapons. I Wish You the Very best on Your Auction Matt. Please give Cat "Oscar" Easton my very best!!! I about your wife's book, I am looking forward to a good read. Gotta love the fuzzballs!!!
I went on to your site and was pleasantly surprised that the prices weren't near as high as I would have thought. I do some minor restorations on some small antiques, I don't know how you can get a hold of some of these things and not instantly break out the rust remover and polish and go to town!
Mr. Easton: have you thought about doing a special on the variety of Euro/Mediterranean/Asian sabres produced, like the whole spectrum over the course of centuries? That's your fav anyway!
Any chances for a fallow up video with the final prices?
I'll be there
thanks for tuning in to another video on scholagladiatoria.com. I'm Matt Easton and I'm here today at the Chiswick Auction House taking a look at some of the militaria they are going to be selling in their 2019 May premier antique arms, armour and militaria auction.
I'm rather curious as to the physical and practical differences between the Wilkinson "Percy" pattern double edged straight sabre blade and the 1831 pattern Highland Officer's Broadsword,and given that the Highland Cavalry Officer's sword that came up in one of your videos had a guard modelled on (I think, but I apologise if I'm wrong) the 185? cavalry officer's sabre, how would these two swords differ?
Thanks to 3:55 my daughter now wants an 1857 hilted sword. That's gonna be hard to make...
Did they shoot twice at the breast plate? And was it normal that they didn't repair the damage of the test shots?
Could at leats one of the hits be actual battle damage?
Hey Matt! Do you still do Q&As? How do you clean an antique sword that's pitted all the way through? Is there any hope or do you just leave it in the condition as-is?
If something is heavily pitted, it is normally best just to stablise any surface rust (light rubbing with steel wool), give it a good oil and leave it. In my experience, when you start trying to polish a very pitted blade it just ends up making the pitting more obvious and it looks worse. It's still a functional blade with pitting.
Are you selling the zweihander?
Is there any documentation concerning why serrated blades weren't used more?
They would be harder to make and in general the serrated edge wouldn't really make much of a difference.
Is that an aari behind him
How often do you run across good useable condition 1821 fullered model swords? No one i know of produces good replicas.
They were used by both light cavalry and royal artillery officers, so they are one of the model common models. They vary quite a bit in terms of weight and handling though.
What kind of sword is shown in the thumbnail, I love it!
That's a steppe Sabre
Too bad that I´m broke... On the other hand, it makes me think of how many of these pieces probably came from owners who were forced to sell them due to financial problems and from collectors who died and the family couldn´t afford to keep it. In either case, it must hurt a lot giving these things away, especially when you collected them over a big part of your life with great passion, or they symbolise family history...
Give a like? Yes sir!
Now that the uk passes the knife laws, what has changed for you as a dealer and collecter.
Basically nothing. We just have to make sure things are posted as over 18 only and signed for at delivery by an adult. No problem at all really.
There's no "pointy object ban" in the Commonwealth; we're not all cooking with plastic knives. In general you can own sharp weapons, you just can't carry them in public without a reason (and self-defence doesn't count). The only outright bans are for concealable or fast-deploying weapons, like switchblades.
@Joe Blow I'm not going to debate this with you. I'm simply describing what the laws are for the benefit of any Americans who don't know.
@Joe Blow Ditto Singapore, a former colony of United Kingdom. Unfortunately it is a neo-kleptocracy with a socialist / communist administration and a largely command economy. I recall American boy being canned for scratching up a Mercedes Benz. Americians coined it Disneyland With a Death Sentence.
Robert R thanks, I just hadn’t heard an update in the situation. I’m lucky enough to live in a state of the US where I can carry anything from a balisong to an otf switchblade to a swirl if I wanted
"Obviously you're very welcome to come down to Chiswick Auctions and have a view of everything we've got here … and of course, you know, handle things, ask some questions. I'm on view now. You can come down over the Bank Holiday weekend and indeed up until the morning of the auction, before we actually go live with the auction."
You do realise that you've just told people that they can handle you and ask questions about you don't you?
I feel like the serrated Tulwar would not cut as well as a normal flat blade. Am I wrong? Was it just something fancy for a rich noble to own to show off to his friends at parties? Or did it have a purpose?
If i had infinte money i would be very interested in some of those 😊😵
THE SCHOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
That Wilkinson rifle officers blade is lovely, I've never seen one like it, now excuse me while I go sell one of my Kidneys to the Chinese so I can afford to buy it.
Unfortunately it's already sold! But yes, a very nice sword.
So it's a scholagladiatoria channel fan meetup, but if you talk at the wrong time you might have to spend a couple hundred pounds on an antique sword
An auction with a tonnes of interesting items, with low starting bids?
Plz Matt my wallet can only take so much.
Forgotten Weapons stabby stabby edition.
Matt can i ask a business question? Feel free to message me at any time if you would like to respond privately but with shipping have customers you have sent to in Australia had any trouble with customs on their end. In my state it is the worst for owning such things. I am a registered Historical edged weapons collector (with bugger all to date in my collection) which entitles me to own otherwise prohibited weapons but still customs seems to confiscate some shipments and unless you go to court your item is more or less destroyed. I would love to buy from you one day but i am scared to spend good money to be helpless if customs takes my order that i am legally allowed to own and possess. There are so many things id like to buy from outside out my country like a dane axe from Tord or loads of reproductions from Kult of Athena but yeah...... scared to spend 800-1500 quid to see it go down the drain.
Hi Owen - I have personally shipped quite a few swords to Australia (maybe 20-30) and never had any issues. The only issues I have heard of from other dealers is that Australian shipments sometimes travel through Dubai and some items have been stolen while in transit there.
@@scholagladiatoria Thanks heaps for that Matt. That gives me some confidence that at least the odds are in my favour should something come up that i just have to have. Not that it really helps with genuine historcal swords as they can not be replaced but i hope the postal service covers the theft in transit for you or your buyer.
@@opwards what state you in bro
@@LuffyFanBoy99 in Victoria mate. Every other state you can own swords or other historical edged weapons with out question but victoria you need an exemption from the law by registering as a collector with the Historical Edged Weapons Collectors Guild. There are a few retailers here but the quality is not great. I tried to buy a viking era sword from one and it was an atrocious pakistani make reproduction. Looked like it was ground by being drug behind a car, the guard had more movement in it than elvis's hips, the wire wrap stabbed me the first time i picked it up, and the pommel rattled more than a kids toy lol. There arent any FB groups either for local sword nerds to sell, trade or just talk about swords. If i didnt have so much work on and a few fb pages already id start one.
MAN I wish I had money...
Yes, the side-burns + stash combo like a true English gent, you can wear a clock in your pocket. :3
Swedish naval saber....guaranteed to have never been in a winning engagement. We were the worst naval nation ever :(
Only a fool would bid for one of these without having seen it in real life.
I disagree with that totally. I buy hundreds of items through auction each year without having seen them in person. If you know about the sorts of objects you are bidding on then you know what things to look out for in the photos and descriptions, and you can always ask an auction house for more photos and a condition report. Dealers buy from auctions without physically going there all the time - there is no other way to buy enough stock.