This rare photograph was purchased in Argentina and shows two young, unidentified men practicing with sabers. The weapons correspond to the military “broadswords†in use from Britain to Germany to the United States at that time.
Saber Fencers; Argentina, C. 1900
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January 3, 2010 at 3:23 am
By far one of the best vintage photos I have ever seen. It’s almost surreal, like it’s hard to imagine that this moment was reality once.
January 3, 2010 at 3:56 am
Then you will be stoked when I post more. I live for this stuff too. I ♥ history.
January 7, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Only if it involves airplanes. This place needs more airplanes, amirite?
January 7, 2010 at 7:09 pm
I thought exactly the same. Excellent find puul.
January 7, 2010 at 5:11 pm
All kinds of awesome
January 7, 2010 at 7:35 pm
I like this picture.
They have cool boots.
They’re like these which I was thinking of buying but I’m not sure I can pull off a 2 inch heel:
www.beatwear.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_high_point.html
1.5 is as high as I go.
January 8, 2010 at 2:28 am
You get used to it.
January 7, 2010 at 9:26 pm
even modern saber fencing is hard core brutal compared to the other types (foil and epee).
January 7, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Back when real men were…macho nimrods.Shit,one slip and there goes your,uh,nimrod!
January 8, 2010 at 5:10 am
Great picture. Factually inaccurate.
The British and US Military moved to sabres in the 18th century, broadswords weren’t used past 1750 or so. This photo can’t have been taken before the 1850s (1900 is more likely, but 1850 is possible), and although the swords were probably quite old in relative terms, they would have been made after 1800, and after the age of the broadsword.