Russian Imperial M 1834 Tesak. Sawback pioneer short sword.

Russian Imperial M 1834 Tesak. ( Sawback pioneer short sword.) Serial number 18 on ricasso. Fantastic and impressive heavy bright finished fullered sawback blade, slightly bending towards a swollen tip. Sawback with a large number of small teeth. Double edged blade tip. The ricasso is marked : B.K. and A. C. Ribbed one piece casted brass hilt with two symmetric quillons with round finials. Crossguard is marked with the date of production: 1834 
Excellent wooden scabbard covered with black leather. Brass top mount with round frogstud is marked on both sides: q in a circle. Brass chape with a round finial. All stitches intact, no dents to the top mount and some tiny dents on one side of the chape only.

Very impressive are extremely rare Russian Imperial M 1834 Tesak. They were adopted in March 1834 and used til 1855 only. It played an important rule in the Crimean wars.
Beautiful example, seldom found in this condition!

Total length 640 mm. /25,2 Inches
Weight: 1.29 kg.