M1917 Pattern Cutlass

The U.S. Navy's M1917 Naval Cutlass was a relatively plain cutlass made for the enlisted sailor with no frills or gew-gaws, and like its predecessors, it had an honesty of purpose about it. This cutlass also came equipped with a full leather scabbard and leather frog (both stitched), with the throat being of leather and tip being of brass, with metal staples/rivets securing both the frog and scabbard.

The US Navy model M1917 Cutlass has the sweeping upturned blade (called a falchion) with the distinctive clipped point, a single fuller (a fuller is the long groove found on some sword blades, it is there for balance and not as some think for exiting blood). Note again the distinctive closed cup steel hilt. This cutlass certainly has that traditional "pirate" look and feel of a true boarding cutlass seen in all of the movies and artwork of the time.

There are no records showing where this cutlass was actually manufactured other than the Navy did it. It is also unknown as to how many the Navy even produced.

The Destroyermen brought this sword with them when they were engulfed by the Squall, and later both the Union and the Khonashi made copies of the sword.