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EW399. MODEL
1860 CAVALRY SABER IN GREAT SHAPE, THIS WAS MADE BY A RARE AMERICAN MAKER
AND
VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THEM, THE RICASSO IS MARKED J.B.A. BUT THE J
HAS WORN AWAY,
THE OBVERSE IS MARKED W, THILLMANN IN HIS BOOK CIVIL WAR CAVALRY &
ARTILLERY SABERS
HAD ONLY EXAMINED TWO, THESE HAD THE W MARK ON THE POMMEL BUT NO
OTHER INSPECTOR
MARKS, THIS ONE IS INSPECTOR MARKED A.G.M. ON THE POMMEL CAP, THE BLADE IS
IN GREAT
SHAPE WITH MOST OF ITS ORIGINAL BRIGHT FINISH STILL STRONG WITH SOME
SLIGHT PEPPERING,
NO NICKS OR SHARPENING, THE BRASS HILT IS ALSO IN VERY GOOD SHAPE, HAS THE
ORIGINAL WIRE
BRAID AND LEATHER WRAP AND THE LEATHER THROAT WASHER, THE SCABBARD IS ALSO
IN GREAT
CONDITION, THE DRAG AND CARRY RINGS SHOW A LOT OF WEAR, OVERALL THIS IS A
WONDERFUL
EXAMPLE OF A VERY SCARCE AMERICAN MADE LIGHT CAVALRY SABER

$785.00
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
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