Thomas Moore email: TMooreSr@me.com Telephone: 801.791.9918
January 26, 2013
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The term “fish skin” refers to the use of shark skin for the sword grips in the past. By the time of my commissioning in 1968, US Navy officer dress swords were no longer made with shark skin grips, but the term continues to be used for the grip.
Comment by Susan Hamm — January 26, 2013 @ 6:50 pm