EW398.       MODEL 1840 AMES NCO SWORD AND SCABBARD IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE BLADE IS NICK
                    FREE AND RETAINS APPROX. 90+% OF ITS ORIGINAL BRIGHT FINISH WITH SOME SLIGHT SCATTERED
                    PEPPERING, THE RICASSO IS STAMPED WITH A CLEAR AMES ON SCROLL ADDRESS, AND THE OBVERSE
                    IS STAMPED US / CSL / 1864, CSL WAS MAJOR CHARLES S. LOWELL, THE BRASS HILT IS IN EXCELLENT
                    SHAPE AND THE BLADE FITS TIGHTLY WITH NO WIGGLE, HAS THE DOUBLE CLAMSHELL GUARD, THE
                    HILT HAS BEEN CLEANED AT SOME TIME BUT NOT BAD, THE LEATHER SCABBARD IS IN GREAT SHAPE
                    WITH VIRTUALLY NO CRAZING, IT DOES HAVE A COUPLE OF WEAK SPOTS BUT NOTHING IN DANGER
                    OF BREAKING, BRASS THROAT AND DRAG, THE THROAT IS MISSING THE TWO LITTLE BRADS THAT
                    HOLD IT IN PLACE BUT IT FITS THE SCABBARD SNUGLY, GREAT EXAMPLE BY THE COUNTRY'S MOST
                    PROLIFIC MAKER 
                   
                                                                                                                                            $385.00

EW395.       AUSTRIAN LORENZ BAYONET IN GREAT DUG CONDITION, THIS WENT ON THE MODEL 1854 RIFLE -
                    MUSKET WHICH WAS SECOND ONLY TO THE ENFIELD IN NUMBERS IMPORTED AND WAS USED BY
                    BOTH NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN INFANTRYMEN WITH CONFEDERATE PURCHASING AGENT
                    CALEB HUSE HAVING A CONTRACT FOR 100,000, MOST WENT TO THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE, THIS
                    BAYONET IS FULL LENGTH MEASURING 22" LONG WITH A FOUR SIDED BLADE, MISSING THE LOCK
                    RING, THE IRON IS IN GREAT SHAPE
                                                                                  $125.00

EW394.        BRITISH MODEL 1822 DRAGOON SABER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE BLADE IS IN EXCELLENT
                     SHAPE WITH NO NICKS AND RETAINS ITS BRIGHT FINISH WITH SLIGHT PEPPERING, THE BRASS
                     HILT IS ALSO IN PERFECT SHAPE WITH A MELLOW BRASS PATINA, THE ONLY THING KEEPING THIS
                     FROM BEING A NEAR PERFECT EXAMPLE IS THE LEATHER WRAP AND WIRE BRAID ARE MISSING
                     FROM THE GRIP, THE SCABBARD IS ALSO IN GREAT SHAPE WITH NO DENTS AND THE CORRECT
                     SMALL CARRYING RINGS, THIS IS THE MODEL THAT THE AMES 1833 DRAGOON WAS PATTERNED
                     AFTER BEING ALMOST AN IDENTICAL COPY, HAS NO MARKINGS SO WAS PROBABLY MADE FOR
                     EXPORT TO THE STATES DURING THE WAR
                    
                                                                                                              $435.00

EW393.       MODEL 1840 HEAVY CAVALRY SABER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE BLADE HAS JUST A COUPLE
                    OF SMALL NICKS AND RETAINS ITS BRIGHT FINISH WITH SOME SCATTERED PEPPERING, HAS THE
                    ORIGINAL LEATHER THROAT WASHER, THE BRASS HILT IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE WITH NO BENDS
                    AND A PLEASING MELLOW BRASS PATINA, THE GRIP HAS THE ORIGINAL LEATHER WRAP AND WIRE
                    BRAID, THE SCABBARD IS ALSO IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH A COUPLE OF DENTS, THE METAL
                    IS SMOOTH AND HAS A DARK ATTIC PATINA, THE SABER FITS LIKE A GLOVE, SABERS THAT HAVE
                    NOT BEEN WORKED ON ARE BECOMING DIFFICULT TO FIND
                  
                                                                                                            $685.00

EW391.          MODEL 1855 SPRINGFIELD BAYONET IN GOOD CONDITION, DARK PATINA WITH TINY PINPOINT
                       PITTING, MISSING THE LOCK RING, STILL HAS A CLEAR U S
                                                    $90.00 

EW377.      MODEL 1855 SPRINGFIELD BAYONET IN VERY GOOD DUG CONDITION, FULL LENGTH, MISSING THE
                   LOCK RING, THE METAL IS VERY STRONG AND STABLE, OUT OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY
                         $85.00 

EW374.         SHEBLE AND FISHER MODEL 1840 CAVALRY SABER IN GOOD CONDITION, THIS IS A SCARCE SABER
                      TO FIND, THERE IS NO RECORD OF ACTUAL NUMBER MADE BUT BELIEVED THAT ALL WERE WAR
                      TIME PRODUCTION IN VERY LIMITED NUMBERS, THE BLADE HAS A MEDIUM DARK GRAY PATINA,
                      HAS NOT BEEN SHARPENED AND HAS ONLY A COUPLE OF THE TINIEST NICKS, THE RICASSO HAS
                      A CLEAR SHEBLE & FISHER MARK ARCHED OVER PHILAD, HAS THE ORIGINAL CORRECT SCALLOPED
                      THROAT WASHER, THE BRASS HILT IS IN GREAT SHAPE WITH NO BENDS, THE WOOD GRIP IS
                      PRESENT BUT THE LEATHER WRAP IS MIA, THE WIRE BRAID IS PRESENT BUT A LITTLE LOOSE FROM
                      THE LEATHER BEING GONE, THE WOOD HAS A DARK PATINA AND DISPLAYS GREAT AS IS, OR I CAN
                      HAVE REWRAPPED IF PREFERRED, THE SCABBARD IS IN GREAT SHAPE ALSO WITH A DARK BROWN
                      PATINA, GOOD WEAR TO THE CARRY RINGS AND A COUPLE OF "ANTI RATTLE" DENTS, OVERALL
                      THIS IS A VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT CAVALRY SABERS TO FIND
                     
                                                                                                            $695.00

EW369.    BRITISH PATTERN 1822 CAVALRY SABER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE BLADE RETAINS MOST OF
                 ITS BRIGHT FINISH WITH SCATTERED PEPPERING, THE BLADE IS ALSO FREE OF NICKS, THE RICASSO
                 IS STAMPED W. WALSHIED, THIS IS A RARE MAKER THAT ACCORDING TO THILLMAN WAS SHORT
                 LIVED AND ONLY MADE THIS PATTERN AND MODEL 1840 CAVALRY SABERS, IT IS THOUGHT THAT ALL
                 OF THEIR 1822 BRITISH PATTERN SWORDS WERE IMPORTED TO THE STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR,
                 IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THEY SOLD TO THE SOUTHERN STATES OR JUST TO THE NORTH, THE OBVERSE
                 OF THE RICASSO HAS THE ROUND BRASS INSPECTION DISC WITH PROVED ON IT, THE HILT IS MADE
                 OF STEEL AND IS ALSO IN GREAT SHAPE, THE WOOD GRIP IS PRESENT BUT THE WRAP AND WIRE
                 BRAID IS MISSING, THIS IS A NON-REGULATION PATTERN HAVING A NEARLY STRAIGHT BLADE, THE
                 SCABBARD IS STEEL AND IN GOOD CONDITION, THE DRAG SHOWS EXTENSIVE WEAR AND THERE IS
                 A SMALL HOLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCABBARD, THROAT PIECE IS MISSING, HAS SMALL STEEL
                 HANGING RINGS, THIS EXAMPLE IS VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL TO THE EXAMPLE IN THILLMAN'S BOOK
                 CIVIL WAR CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY SABERS, VERY NICE EXAMPLE OF A DIFFICULT TO FIND SABER
                
                                                                                                     $585.00