Just bought my first sword! As a start I thought I should buy something that was cheap and had some sort of historical value. But I can't seem to find any mention of swords like this. Only the more decorative counterparts. Anyone have a rough idea of dates on this thing? http://imgur.com/a/xZiYq
Try /r/swords, Sword identification is pretty common there.
Do you know anything about it at all? What area of the world is it supposed to hail from? Where did you buy it?