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EW480.
SCARCE FIND, AN AUSTRIAN LORENZ BAYONET IN THE SCABBARD FOR THE .54 CALIBER
LORENZ, THE BAYONET
IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THE SOCKET HAS A DARK BROWN PATINA, THE SCABBARD
PROTECTED THE BLADE
IT IS DARKENING BUT MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL FINISH IS STILL SHOWING THROUGH, THE
SCABBARD IS IN VERY
GOOD CONDITION WITH ALL THE STITCHING INTACT, THE BRASS DRAG IS MISSING THE
FINIAL AND THE FROG
IS MISSING A LITTLE LEATHER ON ONE SIDE, THIS BAYONET IS FOUND FAIRLY REGULARLY
BUT IT IS SELDOM
THAT ONE IS FOUND IN IT'S ORIGINAL SCABBARD
$235.00
EW478.
SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1816 BAYONET IN VERY GOOD DUG CONDITION, FULL LENGTH, THE
SOCKET RETAINS IT'S
SHAPE, HAS A VERY SLIGHT BEND APPROX. 2/3rds OF THE WAY DOWN THE BLADE, THE IRON
IS STRONG AND
STABLE, THIS WAS DUG FROM THE BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, MANY
OF THE OBSOLETE
1816 SPRINGFIELD MUSKETS AND BAYONETS WERE USED BY THE CONFEDERACY
$85.00
EW473.
MODEL 1855 BAYONET AND SCABBARD, THIS WAS FOUND IN AN OLD OUT BUILDING IN
FRANKLIN, TN THE
SCABBARD IS IN GOOD SHAPE WITH THE STITCHING INTACT, HAS SOME SLIGHT SURFACE
LOSS TO THE LEATHER
FINISH, IS AN EARLY TWO RIVET SCABBARD WITH BRASS TIP, THE BAYONET IS FULL
LENGTH, HAS A VERY DARK
PATINA WITH SOME SURFACE PITTING, LOOKS LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN PICKED UP RIGHT
AFTER THE BATTLE
STORED AWAY AND FORGOTTEN UNTIL RECENTLY FOUND
$185.00
EW471.
WONDERFUL VERY EARLY 1800's DRAGOON SABER IN EXCELLENT RELIC CONDITION, THIS
SABER IS FULL LENGTH
AT 40" OVERALL AND A 35" BLADE, BLADE IS 1.5" TALL, THE IRON IS IN GREAT SHAPE
WITH ONLY MINIMAL SURFACE
PITTING, ORAL HISTORY IS THIS WAS AN EARLY FIND AT HARPERS FERRY, THIS IS A
FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF A RARE
SABER IN ANY CONDITION AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE TO FIND A DUG ONE, THIS WILL BE A
STANDOUT PIECE IN ANY
RELIC COLLECTION
$385.00
EW466. MODEL 1855 SPRINGFIELD BAYONET IN GREAT DUG CONDITION, THIS BAYONET FIT THE
MODELS 1855, 1861, AND
1863 SPRINGFIELD BAYONETS MAKING IT THE MOST WIDELY USED BAYONET OF THE CIVIL
WAR, THIS EXAMPLE
IS FULL LENGTH, THE IRON IS IN VERY STRONG AND STABLE, AND THE SOCKET RETAINS
IT'S SHAPE, THE ONLY
NEGATIVE AT ALL IS THE LOCKING RING IS MISSING
$95.00
EW459.
WONDERFUL HORSTMANN AND SONS SWORD CUT DOWN INTO A SHORT SWORD OR VERY LARGE
SIDE KNIFE, IT
MEASURES 25.5" LONG WITH A 21" BLADE, THE BLADE WAS MADE BY WEYERSBERG AND
APPEARS TO BE AN 1821
BRITISH PATTERN, THE BLADE IS IN GREAT SHAPE, THE RICASSO IS MARKED HORSTMANN /
& SONS / PHILADELPHIA
THE OBVERSE HAS THE KING'S HEAD MARK OF WEYERSBERG, HAS A ONE PIECE WOOD COFFIN
STYLE GRIP, HAS A
BRASS CROSSGUARD, THE GRIP HAS A COUPLE OFF SMALL CHIPS AND LOOKS LIKE IT HAD A
HAIRLINE CRACK THAT
SOMEONE PUT A STRIP OF CLEAR GLUE OVER, THIS IS ALONG THE TOP AND DOESN'T
DETRACT FROM THE APPEARANCE
AT ALL ( PIC 3 ), THIS WAS FOUND IN MISSOURI AND VERY MUCH LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
THAT ONE OF QUANTRILL'S
RAIDERS WOULD HAVE BEEN ARMED WITH, GREAT RELIC THAT WILL BE A CENTER PIECE IN
ANY COLLECTION
$445.00
EW457.
MODEL 1833 AMES DRAGOON SABER IN RELIC CONDITION, THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF
AMERICAN SABERS
WITH ONLY 6,100 BEING MADE, CONGRESS AUTHORIZED THE U S ARMY TO FORM A MOUNTED
REGIMENT IN MARCH
1833 KNOWN AS THE FIRST REGIMENT OF DRAGOONS, AMES SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL ON OCT.
14, 1833 TO MFG THESE
SABERS, AMES AGAIN OFFERED TO MAKE THESE IN A LETTER DATED FEB. 13, 1834 AND THE
ORDNANCE DEPT, ACCEPTED
THE NEXT DAY, UNFORTUNATELY THE HISTORY OF THIS SABER HAS BEEN LOST, IT APPEARS
TO HAVE BEEN AN EARLY
BATTLEFIELD PICK UP OR TO HAVE SPENT THE PAST 100 PLUS YEARS IN AN OUT BUILDING,
THE BLADE IS FULL LENGTH
WITH A MOTTLED PATINA AND VERY SLIGHT SURFACE PITTING, THE BRASS HILT IS IN
GREAT SHAPE IT IS STAMPED
M.P.L. IN AN OVER ABOVE ORD., THIS IS FOR MAJOR M.P. LOMAX OF THE ORDNANCE DEPT,
THE QUILLON IS STAMPED
W.S. FOR INSPECTOR WILLIAM SMITH, THE LEATHER HAS DRIED AND DRAWN INTO THE WOOD
GRIP, THE WIRE BRAID
IS GONE, THIS RARE SABER IS SELDOM SEEN IN ANY CONDITION BUT IN 20 PLUS YEARS OF
DEALING IN RELICS THIS IS
ONLY THE SECOND ONE I CAN RECALL IN RELIC CONDITION
$495.00
EW453.
AMES MODEL 1840 HEAVY CAVALRY SABER DATED 1851, THESE EARLY DATED AMES ARE VERY
DIFFICULT TO FIND,
THERE WERE 2,550 DELIVERED IN 1851 WHICH WERE FROM AN 1850 CONTRACT, THIS ONE IS
IN ATTIC CONDITION,
ORIGINAL AND NOT MESSED WITH, THE BLADE IS FULL LENGTH AND FREE OF NICKS WITH A
DARK BROWN PATINA
IT HAS THE SLIGHTEST SURFACE PITTING, THE RICASSO IS MARKED AMES MFG. CO /
CABOTVILLE / 1851, THE MARKING
IS FAINT BUT COMPLETELY READABLE, THE OBVERSE IS STAMPED U S / A.D.K., THE HILT
IS ALSO IN GOOD CONDITION
THE OUTER BRANCH OF THE GUARD IS VERY SLIGHTLY PUSHED INWARD, IT ALSO HAS 7 OR 8
HASH MARKS VERY
LIGHTLY CUT IN AND THEY LOOK INTENTIONAL, HAS THE ORIGIANL WOOD GRIP BUT IS
MISSING THE LEATHER WRAP
AND WIRE BRAID, THE SCABBARD IS IN GOOD CONDITION ALSO HAVING A DARK BROWN ATTIC
PATINA AND THE
SLIGHTEST SURFACE PITTING, IT LOOKS LIKE AN IMPORT SCABBARD BUT APPEARS TO HAVE
BEEN WITH THE SABER
SINCE THE WAR, IS MISSING THE THROAT, IF YOU LIKE YOUR RELICS TO HAVE THE "SEEN
THE ELEPHANT" LOOK YOU
WILL LOVE THIS ONE
$595.00
EW449.
HAMMOND MODEL 1840 CAVALRY SABER, THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST ( PROBABLY THE
RAREST ) MAKERS OF THE
"WRISTBREAKER" HEAVY CAVALRY SABER, SO RARE THAT FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS THOUGHT
TO BE CONFEDERATE
IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED TO BE THE PRODUCT OF CHARLES HAMMOND OF PHILADELPHIA,
THE FULL LENGTH BLADE
HAS A VERY DARK BROWN ATTIC PATINA, IT HASN'T BEEN SHARPENED AND IS FREE OF
NICKS, IS MARKED HAMMOND
AT RICASSO, THE BRASS HILT IS FREE OF DAMAGE AND HAS A MELLOW PATINA, HAS
APPROX. 75% OF THE ORIGINAL
LEATHER WRAP WHICH IS VERY DRY, HAS A SMALL PIECE OF THE WIRE BRAID AT THE
POMMEL CAP, THE SCABBARD IS
IN VERY GOOD SHAPE WITH A DARK PATINA, THIS SABER HAS THAT GREAT "SAW THE
ELEPHANT" LOOK ABOUT IT, MUCH
RARER THAN EVEN A C S A BUCKLE AT A FRACTION OF THE PRICE
$595.00
EW444.
MODEL 1840 HEAVY CAVALRY SABER MADE BY W. WALSHEID OF SOLIGEN, PRUSSIA, THIS IS
A VERY SCARCE MAKER
ACCORDING TO THILLMANN'S BOOK THE BUSINESS WAS SHORT LIVED ONLY MAKING SABERS
FOR EXPORT DURING
THE CIVIL WAR, THE 35.5" BLADE IS IN GREAT SHAPE, IT HAS A DARK PATINA WITH A
FAIR AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL
BRIGHT FINISH STILL SHOWING, THE RICASSO IS STAMPED W. WALSHEID / SOLIGEN, THE
BRASS HILT IS VERY HEAVILY
MADE AND IS IN GREAT SHAPE, HAS THE ORIGINAL LEATHER WRAP AND WIRE BRAID, THE
LEATHER IS IN GOOD SHAPE
AND SHOWS GOOD WEAR, THE SCABBARD IS ALSO IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, THERE IS A
DENT ON THE LEFT SIDE AT
THE TOP OF THE DRAG, THIS IS BELOW WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INTENTIONALLY DENTED
TO PREVENT RATTLING
AND MAY VERY WELL BE BATTLE DAMAGE, THIS CAUSED A VERY SLIGHT BEND AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE SCABBARD, IT
DOESN'T EFFECT THE SABER FITTING AT ALL, SCARCE SABER THAT DISPLAYS WELL
$565.00
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
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