Replica Pirate Cutlas Sword. The cutlass is best known as the sailor’s weapon of choice. A naval side-arm, its popularity was likely because it was not only robust enough to hack through heavy ropes, canvas, and wood, but short enough to use in relatively close quarters, such as during boarding actions, in the rigging, or below decks. Another advantage to the cutlass was its simplicity of use. Cutlasses are famous for being used by pirates, although there is no reason to believe that Caribbean buccaneers invented them, as has sometimes been claimed. However, the subsequent use of cutlasses by pirates is well documented in contemporary sources, notably by the pirate crews of William Fly, William Kidd, and Stede Bonnet. French historian Alexandre Exquemelin reports the buccaneer Francois l’Ollonais using a cutlass as early as 1667. Pirates used these weapons for

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This full sized carbon steel sword is an exact reproduction of the sword worn by Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. It features a specially antiqued blade with black wooden handle and darkened hilt and pommel. Comes complete with aged leather scabbard. This sword has been carefully reproduced to match the original is exact size and shape (other replicas to date have had smaller handles and longer blades). The scabbard is even made extra long so the tip can be bent, just like Jack’s! The item “JACK SPARROW SWORD Pirates of the Caribbean Cutlass Saber Prop Replica” is in sale since Sunday, August 24, 2014. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Knives, Swords & Blades\TV, Film & Game Replica Blades”. The seller is “indy-magnoli” and is located in Sialkot. This item can

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