ORIGINAL CONFEDERATE'DOG RIVER' CIVIL WAR SWORD / SABER With SCABBARD
CRUDE, UNMARKED LOCAL MADE SOUTHERN SWORD. POPULARLY KNOW AS A'DOG RIVER'. COMES OUT OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA. 34 1/2 BLADE WITH UNSTOPPED FULLER.
HOLD THE BLADE UP TO THE LIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE THE " RIPPLES"..... BLADE IS CLEAN OVERALL-NO NICKS-SOME DARK AGE SPOTS. BRASS HILT IS VERY CRUDE WITH TYPICAL CASTING FLAWS. POMMEL CAP IS VERY THIN. HILT DOES HAVE SOME " WIGGLE" WHICH MOST OF THESE DO! GRIP HAS VERY GOOD LEATHER AND SINGLE WIRE WRAP. ALMOST LOOKS TOO GOOD- IF IT HAS BEEN REPLACED AT SOME TIME, IT WAS EXPERTLY DONE AND IS VERY HARD TO TELL. ONE THING FOR SURE, THIS SWORD HAS NEVER BEEN APART! SCABBARD HAS TWO LARGE , THICK HAND HAMMERED BRASS RINGS. SCABBARD IS PERFECTLY STRAIGHT NO DENTS! SOLDERING IS CRUDELY OVERDONE IN SPOTS, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. SWORD FITS UP GOOD TO SCABBARD! YOU WILL BE HAPPY TO ADD THIS ONE TO YOUR COLLECTION! The item "ORIGINAL CONFEDERATE'DOG RIVER' CIVIL WAR SWORD / SABER With SCABBARD" is in sale since Monday, February 08, 2016.This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Edged Weapons". The seller is "jhmorgan" and is located in Lexington, Kentucky. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada, to United Kingdom, to China, to Mexico, to Germany, to Japan, BR, to France, to Australia, RU.