An Eyrie Of Eagles
Feb 23, 2009 19:08:06 GMT
Post by hotspur on Feb 23, 2009 19:08:06 GMT
Eagle pommel swords are my passion of interest. I spend a good bit of time examining hundreds of examples.
A few have come to roost. From audience left to right are a Ketland stlye five ball that could be as late as the 1820s but ivory instead of bone points it to earlier than late. Probably before 1812.
The next could also be post war 1812 but is likely around 1800-1805. Both the Ketland and this Birmingham bird share gilded engraving. The Ketland retains about 80% of it's bluing but is hard to capture in flash pictures. The Bolton type with the peculiar hairdo is still a favorite of mine and has lots of engraving left filling gold but the blue has gone black.
The middle sword is a conundrum of thought. A short sabre with no decorations at all but a fine bird at that. The pressed bone reed grip points it straight to Birmingham. This fashion of Osborn "weepers" is a real study for me. Some have been absolutely identified to Osborn but others may well have been copied up and down the cutlery row of Birmingham and even in America. This one may well be absolutely of the 1812 war but could be as early as the turn of the early 19th century.
The silvery dirk is quite late. It shares some information that points it to Kalamazoo and Henderson Ames manufacture/import.
I don't have a final note to share on that one but have narrowed it in time to the late 19th century.
The Sabre on the right flew along home with the dirk and is of undefined purpose other than being made by E.F.Horster long about the 1930s. I have done the grip in black on that one. It had lost some of it's navy white looking appearance but the eagle itself doesn't fit to published navy notes for Italy, or anywhere else I can find. A fun, fun sword to play with and flourish but would likely never make it as a backyard cutter. We shall see. I am also looking for an original capstan nut for this sword that came without. Some sort of knobby that will fit.. I need to enquire from one of the Germania nutz.
There you go. My three stooges and some siblings. Some of my favorite haunts do get scooped up from listings but there are still lots of me to plot and browse. As mentioned, I hoard hundreds of examples as images on my drive. Way too many to list but if you think of one you have never seen before, chances are I could post other examples of them.
Cheers
Hotspur; not having great luck with picture taking today but here is one to share
A few have come to roost. From audience left to right are a Ketland stlye five ball that could be as late as the 1820s but ivory instead of bone points it to earlier than late. Probably before 1812.
The next could also be post war 1812 but is likely around 1800-1805. Both the Ketland and this Birmingham bird share gilded engraving. The Ketland retains about 80% of it's bluing but is hard to capture in flash pictures. The Bolton type with the peculiar hairdo is still a favorite of mine and has lots of engraving left filling gold but the blue has gone black.
The middle sword is a conundrum of thought. A short sabre with no decorations at all but a fine bird at that. The pressed bone reed grip points it straight to Birmingham. This fashion of Osborn "weepers" is a real study for me. Some have been absolutely identified to Osborn but others may well have been copied up and down the cutlery row of Birmingham and even in America. This one may well be absolutely of the 1812 war but could be as early as the turn of the early 19th century.
The silvery dirk is quite late. It shares some information that points it to Kalamazoo and Henderson Ames manufacture/import.
I don't have a final note to share on that one but have narrowed it in time to the late 19th century.
The Sabre on the right flew along home with the dirk and is of undefined purpose other than being made by E.F.Horster long about the 1930s. I have done the grip in black on that one. It had lost some of it's navy white looking appearance but the eagle itself doesn't fit to published navy notes for Italy, or anywhere else I can find. A fun, fun sword to play with and flourish but would likely never make it as a backyard cutter. We shall see. I am also looking for an original capstan nut for this sword that came without. Some sort of knobby that will fit.. I need to enquire from one of the Germania nutz.
There you go. My three stooges and some siblings. Some of my favorite haunts do get scooped up from listings but there are still lots of me to plot and browse. As mentioned, I hoard hundreds of examples as images on my drive. Way too many to list but if you think of one you have never seen before, chances are I could post other examples of them.
Cheers
Hotspur; not having great luck with picture taking today but here is one to share
