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When society finally collapses (in about 5 or 6 years), I have decided that I'm going to become a Pirate....hence the reason for my new purchase, a Cutlass. nnBased on an original, this Pirate Cutlass (or Cutte) is accurately sized and antiqued to replicate a museum piece. The fully tempered, high carbon steel blade has a distal taper, with fullers on both sides along the spine, and is light and quick. Nicely weighted and curved for cutting, yet straight enough to offer point (stab). nnThe hilt fittings are cast in solid steel and blackened, matching the locket and chape of the leather-covered scabbard.nnPirates typically carried a few flintlock pistols and a cutlass or combinations of both. The short bladed cutlass was at home among the rigging and cluttered decks of a sailing ship, where a longer sword would have proved a disadvantage. Many a bloody-handed pirate of the 18th century clambered over the side of a gold laden galleon armed with a cutlass such as this. Known by many names-...