K & C MARKED IMPORT CAVALRY SABER AND SCABBARD

K & C MARKED IMPORT CAVALRY SABER AND SCABBARD

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This saber follows the general lines of the US m1840 is marked “K & C” in an oval of dots on the reverse ricasso, which Thillmann takes to be an early mark of C.R. Kirschbaum and Company of Solingen, dating to the 1850s. This one is somewhat unusual in having a slight swell to the center of the grip, like a m1860, rather than the taper illustrated by Thillmann, (US Cav. and Art. Sabers, p. 249,) perhaps indicating a later 1850s production using the new grip profile.

The brass hilt is the standard configuration with three-branch guard, pommel cap, etc., and twisted-wire bound leather-wrapped grip. The brass has a mellow, aged tone with some darker age spots, but no bends or breaks. The grip retains two turns of the twisted wire binding under the pommel. Below that the wire has left a deep spiral impression on the leather grip wrap, which shows some wear toward the guard, in a couple of small spots exposing the dark wood core. The grip has not been colored or treated with any polish, dressing or preservatives. The leather sealing pad on the underside of the guard is missing, as is frequently the case.

The blade is smooth metal, largely dark bluish-gray in color, with some lighter gray areas. The blade has a good point and the edge is good except for a nick about half-way down the blade.

The scabbard is very good, with no dents or dings. Drag, ring bands, carrying rings, and screw-fastened throat are all in place. The scabbard is a pleasing, muted thin blue, smooth metal, showing some scuffing and some very shallow pin-prick “freckling.”

Thillmann notes that German-made m1840 sabers were imported to the U.S. very early and became both the initial weapons of many regimens of US cavalry in the Civil War, and of many Confederate cavalry units, as Caleb Huse, the Confederacy’s principal arms agent scoured Europe for usable weapons. This would be good addition to a cavalry collection or display, Union or Confederate, or both.   [sr][ph:m]

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