Allegedly, these photos show a sword that fits into a coiled metal snake. It was made in Toledo, Spain in the Nineteenth Century to demonstrate the flexibility of the steel and the skill of the craftsmen who worked it.
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just more of the same? But for sure Toledo Spain, they were sold in gun shops!
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Made in Toledo 1846.
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what is this witchery?
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...I'll see what I can find. Pe@ce, Winslow
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Of the skill of Toledo's swordsmiths I have no doubt. I wrote "allegedly" because I could find no verification of the claim about its origin.
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