So I recently came into possession of a sword which belonged to my great grandfather who was in the war of northern aggression. It hung in my grandfather's house as long as I could remember. When he passed away I was overseas and came back for the funeral (interesting story for another time). Anyway I presumed it was lost to my uncle who would raid for things to sell or the things he didn't sell he would mess up in some way, hence my amazing 1911 with a replaced barrel
My parents gifted me a large amount of furniture last year since my family is large now and dad retired so they downsized to a smaller place. Along with some firearms one of the things was the sword! It was all black and the blade wobbles a little bit in the guard, but it is from the man who taught me to fish (saltwater) and to shoot (the 1911). One evening here lately I took it down from atop the shelf I had stored it on and just started cleaning it up. Not sure why but something told me to get off the couch and do it. Anyhoot here we are several months later and I believe it is a "footy" sword from perhaps around 1864 (?) which has me super excited. Really could not believe it once the pommel started to shine and the scroll work on the blade started to show. Now you can even see the wire wrapped on the grip. Here are some pics.
My parents gifted me a large amount of furniture last year since my family is large now and dad retired so they downsized to a smaller place. Along with some firearms one of the things was the sword! It was all black and the blade wobbles a little bit in the guard, but it is from the man who taught me to fish (saltwater) and to shoot (the 1911). One evening here lately I took it down from atop the shelf I had stored it on and just started cleaning it up. Not sure why but something told me to get off the couch and do it. Anyhoot here we are several months later and I believe it is a "footy" sword from perhaps around 1864 (?) which has me super excited. Really could not believe it once the pommel started to shine and the scroll work on the blade started to show. Now you can even see the wire wrapped on the grip. Here are some pics.