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Post by Freebooter on Jan 24, 2012 3:13:01 GMT
Hello all, I finally put my Civil War Sabre (U.S. 1860 Lt Cav Sabre) in a spot more becoming it and its history. Before it just leaned against the wall. But now, I hung a pic of Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, the commander of the Cavalry Corps of Gen. Robt. E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Under it is a small copy of a painting by Mort Kuntsler i think, of a small cavalry unit being inspected or reviewed. And under those the sabre is hanging in a verticle position. Looks good I think. I was going to post a pic of it, but since you have to go through photobucket here I could not post a pic of it that way. It has been so long since I have been on photobucket I forgot my password. And I clicked on "forgot password", etc, and it sent it to my old email address undoubtedly. So I can't use photobucket! I will try something else, the url of my facebook pic of it. Freebooter www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.180518051975152.49089.100000508743075&type=3#!/photo.php?fbid=364986520194970&set=a.180518051975152.49089.100000508743075&type=3&theater
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Post by Dave Kelly on Jan 24, 2012 4:04:33 GMT
Dude? You forgot to put the sword in the picture... :? :lol: ( Nice display, by the way )
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Post by jhart06 on Jan 24, 2012 4:19:20 GMT
That's it.. I'm convinced Dave, that you sir... You are a saber ninja... I read, clicked, copied URL, clicked ove,r hit reply, and you had demolished my effort to be helpful.. How do you do it?
That said, nice display!
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Post by Freebooter on Jan 24, 2012 6:28:09 GMT
Thanks y'all, and thanks Dave for posting the pic for me. My cell phone is one of those $39,00 Walmart "Straight Talk" phones and does not take the best pics. Or maybe it becomes blurry in transit via my email.
And Dave Kelly, do you want me to take a pic of the entire sabre? I don't mind. It is mounted in its scabbard. Unlike the practice in Civil War days of being in the "bright", with brightly polished raw blades and scabbards, I blued mine. And by the way, it is attached to a Civil War era cavalry sabre belt with an Alabama State seal buckle. FB
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Post by Dave Kelly on Jan 24, 2012 11:11:09 GMT
Nah; was just teasing you because the composition highlights the prints and only a third of the sword. Cranking your phone over 90 degrees and getting some more light on the display would help.
Bluing wasn't generally done on production swords because it was labor intensive at that time. Mass production tech for that sort of thing didn't exist until the early 20th Century. That said, high end officer sword examples do exist, so having one is valid historically.
Would love to see the belt in more detail. My sword collecting isn't CW centric, but 70% of the books in the house are CW. ( OR, MOLLUS, SHS et al )
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