For those who did not look at GC's link:
"The Puerto-Seguro 1907 pattern for cavalry troopers presents a full-cup hilt made in iron sheet, reinforced by an outer rim, the grip being formed by two handles of walnut wood hold by means of two screws to a wide tang, and the pommel hold by a screwed knob to the end of the tang in a similar fashion.
It is therefore totally and easily detachable, this disposition being typical of this sword system.
The blade is straight, with ricasso, single-edged with a square butt until the last third, where it presents a narrow groove, and closer to the point a very short false-edge. This blade has deep fullers in almost all its length in both sides."
I missed the totally detachable part, myself. The spanner nut on the end is the "key" to breakdown, just like a mekugi pin on a katana.
IF that "key" was rusted, you are in a world of hurt. Luckily, mine turned fairly easily with chain ring pliers, and breakdown was accomplished(notice the lack of visible rust, as shown in the photos above):
The handle was in great shape, and everything was fitted with a fair amount of precision:
Here you can see the cleaned up guard, and the enamel filled cross. It's an interesting treatment:
Here is the maker's mark, underneath the leather it says Toledo:
The edge.....the primary bevel was very thick, and in order not to have to thin it down too obviously, I chose to take the edge to "slashing" sharp rather than "slicing" sharp. The temper is springy and frankly the construction of the blade absolutely does not lend itself to hacking the way a broadsword, basket hilt or even a katana would....the tip is simply too tapered and whippy.
Speaking of the tip, this sword now has a "running through" type tip.
Here are two final shots, coming and going:
Best Regards,
STeven Garsson