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I found this sword and we cant seem to find anything about it. I even looked into swordmakers markings. Other than that I can tell you is it's a double handed sword stamped made in spain. Please help me
 
I found this sword and we cant seem to find anything about it. I even looked into swordmakers markings. Other than that I can tell you is it's a double handed sword stamped made in spain. Please help me
Hi I can't see your images, they are coming up blank. From my experience Toledo in Spain used to make very functional fancy swords hundreds of years ago when swords were actually used, but most modern swords from that region are wall hangers made for display.
I can't really judge without pictures and handling it personally. But I can get you to check a few things which will be able to tell you what kind of quality sword you have.
First check the pommel construction, see if it's peened or not, not to say all threaded swords are bad, as some historical functional swords were threaded construction, not all were peened, but being peened would indicate higher quality right away. The check the steel if it's carbon or stainless, lots of Toledo wall hangers are made of stainless steel. If it's high carbon then that's a good sign.
Not sure if you are wanting to know it's quality or just find the origin, so I won't say any more things to check for, you may already know how to check if it's good. It being stamped "Made in spain" without a makers mark sounds like a mass production run of display swords, most functional swords will either have no country of origin stamped anywhere, or they will have a makers mark. I own some antique swords and have handled quite a lot. Toledo is also knwon for making high quality reproductions of old swords, some of them are high quality and many are low quality, but so many swords have been made there that it might be hard to find out which maker it's from without a makers mark.
What country are you in? if you are in the UK I know some reputable people you can send it to for an evaluation who know a lot more about European swords than I do.
 
If it is stamped "made in Spain" it's virtually guaranteed to be a stainless steel decorative piece. If stamped so in English it's almost certainly a piece manufactured for export to the United States. Figure out how to get your pictures up so we can tell for sure, but shipping it somewhere will almost certainly cost more than the item is worth.
 
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