US WWII CATTARAUGUS “COMMANDO” #225Q FIGHTING KNIFE, REF 1/III/65, SEMI BRIGHT BLADE HAS SOME LIGHT ETCHING FROM POOR STORAGE, RUSSET LEATHER SCABBARD IS EXCELLENT
US WWII CATTARAUGUS “COMMANDO” #225Q FIGHTING KNIFE, REF 1/III/65, SEMI BRIGHT BLADE HAS SOME LIGHT ETCHING FROM POOR STORAGE, RUSSET LEATHER SCABBARD IS EXCELLENT
JAPANESE SHINTO PERIOD (1660’S) KATANA, HAS STANDARD STYLE HANDLE WITH BLACK TAPE WRAPPINGS BUT BLADE IS STORED IN A PLAIN NON MATCHING SIRA/SAYA WOOD SCABBARD, 23″ BLADE HAS BEEN SHORTENED YEARS AGO AND IS FAIRLY BRIGHT HAVING BEEN LIGHTLY POLISHED, BLADE HAS SEVERAL SMALL IMPERFECTIONS (KIZU) BUT STILL RATES AS VG/FINE, 2 PIECE BRASS HABAKI, 3 1/8 BLACK IRON TSUBA HAS BRASS/GOLD WIRE FLOWER DESIGNS WITH BOTH KOZUKA AND KOGAI HOLES, FUCHI AND KASHIRA ARE BLACKENED BRASS WITH HAMMERED FLOWER DESIGNS, MENUKI ARE BLACK CARVED DRAGONS?, DEEP BLACK TANG IS SIGNED ON ONE SIDE AND HAS ALSO BEEN SHORTENED ALONG WITH THE BLADE MANY YEARS AGO!
JAPANESE MODEL 1886/1905 CAVALRY SABER, REF 53/23, 30 1/4″ BLADE IS IN G+/VG POLISH, SCABBARD HAS 85% ORIGINAL OLD BLACK LACQUARD FINISH, FIRST HALF OF BLADE HAS BEEN ARSENAL SHARPENED FOR USE DURING WWII, VG//VG+
EARLY US CIVIL WAR EUROPEAN IMPORTED MODEL 1840 “WRIST BREAKER” CAVALRY SABER, 1 1/4″ X 36 1/4″ BRIGHT BLADE IS IN MINT UNSHARPENED CONDITION, THE LEATHER GRIP AND TWISTED BRASS WRAPPING ARE 99% INTACT AND ARE IN EXCELENT PLUS CONDITION, SABER IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE GERMAN “S&K” MODELS IMPORTED BY THE UNION AND CONFEDERACY BUT THIS GRIP IS A LITTLE MORE “BEEFIER” (THICKER), THE SCABBARD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH JUST ONE MINOR DIMPLE NEAR THE DRAG AND HAS 30/40% ORIGINAL PERIOD BROWNED FINISH, THIS SWORD NEEDS A GOOD CLEANING AS IT WAS JUST RECENTLY REMOVED FROM A LOCAL ATTIC, EXCELLENT PLUS
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