This old guy has a 1906 Ordnance inspectors stamp along with the flaming bomb stamp. From the nicks in the blade when I got it, 20 years ago, it’s been in battle.

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Sweet sword ya got.

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_It was love at first shot_

WOW!!! If it could only talk!

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Pack light and cinch tight.

What a toadsticker! How long is that blade?

Pretty impressive blade ya got there Fred!
f.t.

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South Carolina-God's country

Fred,
That's a cool old sword. Bet ya' wish it could talk.


Chuck

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They hold no Quarter

Must have been an interesting year. ('96 Mauser)

Ed

From tip of blade to hilt measures 34".

Bobby, those swordsmen of old were famous for their blades and the proper care and handling of them

Well tecnically that is not a Mauser, it's a CarlGustaf

Mauser=Germany
CarlGustaf=Sweden




Very nice though

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Jamie wants big boom

It is a Mauser action made by Carl Gustaf.

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Correct

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It looks as though you have a Model 1860 Cavalry (enlisted man) saber. There may be a maker's mark stamped on the blade near the hilt. This sword superseded the Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry saber ("Old Wrist breaker") and was the standard issue for the Federal troops during the War of Northern Aggression. They also were likely used during the next decade's Indian Wars, and possibly during the Philippine Insurrection and Spanish-American war.

"Colum Left Into Line"
"Draw Sabers"
" Bugler, Sound Charge"

Jimmy, just imagine that you and 200 others are strikers who refuse to obey direct orders to disperse; now imagine what it would feel like to see 25 mounted troopers 200 feet ahead of you in the classic move a crowd “V” formation. On command sabers are drawn and held blade up tip resting on each troopers shoulder. Now think how you would feel once 2,000 pounds of horse and trooper start a slow deliberate walk your way. I don’t know about you, but the only thing I’d be thinking about, How in the Hell can I get out of here NOW

The same worked when Ghurka troops drew their khukri knives and advanced on a crowd.

The blade is that long as it's a cavalry saber, meant for use from a horse. The Civil War Foot Officer sword is a few inches shorter. It was the Model of 1850. In Roman times, the short sword (gladius) gave way to the longer spatha for mounted troops. They needed the longer reach.

I've handled those M-1860's and the British M-1908 saber and the similar Patton sword and it's apparent that they aren't as maneuverable as would be desirable when dismounted.
When Churchill was a young officer on the NW Frontier of what was then British India, he mentioned in a book that he once fought his way up a slope while dismounted, his long cavalry sword in one hand, revolver in the other.

My son sold a couple of those M-1860 US sabers a few years ago. I think he got over $800 for one and over $1,000 for the other. When I was in high school, a local shop had them for maybe a hundred bucks.

I know of at least one other made or stamped in 1906. Why? Were they being issued in the Philippines? The Model of 1902 For All Officers was already adopted and the Patton model appeared about 1913.

I think it's in, "Young Winston" that I saw a cavalry charge, that at Omdurman in 1898 reenacted for the film. This would have been the charge of the 21st Lancers. It was sobering to see how quickly the line of horse was commanded to turn and charge. Along the way, young Winston sheathed his sword and drew his famous Mauser pistol.

The charge at Omdurman. Watch for Churchill (Simon Ward ) to draw his Mauser. And think how the cavalry must have felt when they rode over that crest and saw the massed Muslims waiting! He wrote (the real Winston) that he kliled several men for certain, a couple probable. Not bad, in the circumstances. He was able to fight his way through the Fuzzy-Wuzzies (contemporary term) or Dervishes, but his regiment lost a lot of men.

For his full account, see, "My Early Life", by Winston Churchill, 1930. (The author was not knighted until 1953.)