I re-secured the guard with some rope as shown

the sword is now solid enough to swing around and do some cutting

the scabbard was deteriorating and has been mediated

the original scabbard had a date marking of 1890's  the sword blade is probably a much older blade as is typical for these

the blade has two symbol markings common on older swords and a mystery to most

with some meditation my understanding of the blade symbols is one for cutting power and one for puncturing power

the symbol on the gold element on the guard is an apparent voodoo veve

my research on the sword can be found on Viking sword forums