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Post by harrybeck on Dec 17, 2016 19:29:20 GMT
Does anyone make a decent replica of the Washington battle sword? The one that is really more of a cuttoe or hunting sword? Something reasonably functional?
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Post by Jordan Williams on Dec 17, 2016 21:24:40 GMT
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Post by harrybeck on Dec 17, 2016 22:10:21 GMT
That is pretty damn close to Georgie's pig sticker. You have any experience with it?
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Post by Barnaum on Dec 18, 2016 1:06:26 GMT
I actually have the above mentioned sword. I dyed the handle black. I think it's a great little blade. Very light and feels good in the hand. The grip is a bit slick, but that's not a problem with gloves on.
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Post by harrybeck on Dec 18, 2016 1:46:10 GMT
Very nice. I found another replica, but upon query, the shop informed me it isn't a battle ready item, being made for a historical society back in the 70's (I believe) as a wall hanger
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Post by harrybeck on Dec 18, 2016 1:47:07 GMT
At cutleryshop.com
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Post by Jordan Williams on Dec 18, 2016 6:42:19 GMT
That is pretty damn close to Georgie's pig sticker. You have any experience with it? I don't, but email exchange with the owner of the shop says it's of 1075 steel and with proper temper and heat treat.
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Post by bluetrain on Dec 21, 2016 11:45:33 GMT
You probably all already know that Washington owned several swords and that there is a relatively new book out about them. It's a thick book, too.
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Post by harrybeck on Dec 21, 2016 15:12:50 GMT
Yes sir I do, but haven't gotten a copy yet. I do have an older work on these swords and a small work on his field gear and camp accoutrements, which covers his swords briefly. Thanks!
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Post by bluetrain on Dec 21, 2016 15:39:59 GMT
We don't live too far from Mt. Vernon and go there frequently. I've seen the book in the gift shop but it was more than I wanted to pay at the time and I wasn't so bold as to put it on my Christmas list. My wife's grandmother's grandfather owned Mt. Vernon. My daughter was married there, too. My grandmother's grandfather didn't own much of anything.
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Post by harrybeck on Dec 21, 2016 17:19:27 GMT
So, would that be George? Very cool.
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Post by bluetrain on Dec 21, 2016 18:05:18 GMT
No, that would be John Augustine Washington, a great-grand nephew of Washington, who had no children. I hope I got that right. I've been married to my wife for nearly 40 years and haven't got all of her ancestry down pat yet. But she is a direct descendent of George Mason. His (Mason's) granddaughter married Samuel Cooper who became adjutant general of the Confederate Army. Cooper was from New York but married a Southern belle and you know how that works. Part of the family still live on his property in Alexandria, Virginia. There's nothing like that in my ancestry except that they all lived in Virginia or what was Virginia before the north seceded in 1863. I have no idea why she stooped to marry me.
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Post by harrybeck on Dec 21, 2016 20:58:04 GMT
Cool, I'm from wheeling, similar concept
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Post by darth on Dec 22, 2016 21:16:34 GMT
. His (Mason's) granddaughter married Samuel Cooper who became adjutant general of the Confederate Army. Cooper was from New York but married a Southern belle and you know how that works. Part of the family still live on his property in Alexandria, Virginia. There's nothing like that in my ancestry except that they all lived in Virginia or what was Virginia before the north seceded in 1863. I have no idea why she stooped to marry me. I like this guy. Va. made, NY/FLA raised to Va. I returned. :-)
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Post by bluetrain on Dec 25, 2016 13:04:13 GMT
We had a family luncheon yesterday at the Mt. Vernon Inn, where coincidentally my daughter was married. While there I cruised around the very nice gift shop. To my surprise, they had two or three antique swords for sale, as well as a very reasonably priced reproduction infantry hanger. One of the antiques was another infantry hanger sword, the other a saber of generic design, very likely American but I didn't inquire about it. Don't even remember the other one. Couldn't afford any of them anyway. But the fact that they had them at all was very surprising to me.
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Post by harrybeck on Dec 25, 2016 22:32:33 GMT
It's been many years since Center I visited Mt vernon.
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