Hanwei and Kingston Arms Revolutionary War Hangers, Tony Swatton Jack Sparrow replica and BKS Kraken

[@Christian-r2y8l]

Those are awesome 💪🏼

[@terrenceclayton8043]

Good review. I might have to look into the Hanwei. Truthfully, none of them are particularly accurate for the 1680 - 1720 era, though. David Rickman's Osprey book the Golden Age of Piracy has some good illustrations , and the Sword in Britain Vol 1 by Harvey Withers has the true Dog's Head cutlass and a few other hangers that are appropriate for the era.

[@druisteen]

Aren't ' pinned ' tang the appropiate historical way .....🤔

[@theblackspotguild]

So two thoughts. There are two blade constructions you may be referring to. "Pinned" tangs are what you see on kitchen knives and katanas. "Peened" tangs you see on medieval swords and some cutlasses and similar. I think you meant peened. And yes, it seems the majority of cutlasses around the golden age were probably peened. But some were threaded like these, and especially in the later 1700s you could start to see threaded more and more. But still peened versions as well. So, both styles are reasonably accurate to be on a general "pirate" cutlass. Thanks for the input!