Sir, First off thank you for signing my copy of Sharpe’s Sword that I recently sent you it was much appreciated. My question is, I recently saw on a british old sword site that you originally had Sharpe using the 1803 pattern sword and not the 1796 heavy calvalry sword this would seem to make sense as I believe the 1796 was very difficult to weald and represented as much danger to the user as the victim. The 1803 however was much more user friendly. I own an original 1803 and a replica 1796. Thank you for your time and wonderful books. Paul Cooper-Keeble