The Pirate, especially Capt. Tortuga, always needs his trustly pirate cutlass to defend himself when fighting the English. The pirate cutlass is a short thick sabre with a straight or slightly curved blade. The hilt of the pirate cutlass features a solid cupped or basket shaped guard. Pirates cutlasses were weapons that intimidated the enemy as well as used for combat. Pirate also used their swords to beat prisoners with the flat of the blade to force their compliance and responsiveness to interrogation.
It is worth checking websites on this formidable weapon, especially on the 1860 Naval Cutlass ......
