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Ridgeway Civil War Research Center, A virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War |
Civil War Weapons, all pre 1898 | |
by Harry Ridgeway |
Artillery saber, Model 1840, Ames, banner address, 1862. . The model 1840 saber designed for the artilleryman was lighter than the cavalry version. Manufactured by Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts. Marks: ricasso, MADE BY / AMES MFG CO. / CHICOPEE / MASS. (banner style), and US / (inspector) / 1862. Additional inspector marks on the pommel. Standard features include: relatively straight wooden handle covered with leather and a wire grip, brass hilt with a single bar, brass pommel cap is relatively low convex and unadorned, steel blade has distinct curve with a flat back with a narrow fuller not stopped and a wide fuller stopped at the ricasso, iron scabbard with iron mountings. The recess on the handle present on the earlier models was removed, leather washer employed, and there is a throat on the scabbard. Research Center: Weapon6210-Sword-Artillery-Model-1840-Ames-1862 . Reference: Thillmann Cav. & Arty. Sabers pg. 97. Blade length, 32in. Details click: http://relicman.com/weapons/Weapon6210-Sword-Artillery-Model-1840-Ames-1862.html |
W1493 ### Artillery saber, Model 1840, Ames, banner address, 1862. . The model 1840 saber designed for the artilleryman was lighter than the cavalry version. Manufactured by Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts. Marks: ricasso, MADE BY / AMES MFG CO. / CHICOPEE / MASS. (banner style), and US / (inspector) / 1862. Additional inspector marks on the pommel. Standard features include: relatively straight wooden handle covered with leather and a wire grip, brass hilt with a single bar, brass pommel cap is relatively low convex and unadorned, steel blade has distinct curve with a flat back with a narrow fuller not stopped and a wide fuller stopped at the ricasso, iron scabbard with iron mountings. The recess on the handle present on the earlier models was removed, leather washer employed, and there is a throat on the scabbard. Research Center: Weapon6210-Sword-Artillery-Model-1840-Ames-1862 . Reference: Thillmann Cav. & Arty. Sabers pg. 97. Blade length, 32in. Ames 1862, type II, inspected by Connecticut. Grip has leather wrap and wire intact, leather washer intact, handle is tight and secure, scabbard intact. |
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