hink441 Posted July 19, 2017 Share #1 Posted July 19, 2017 Here is a what appears to be a M1855 bayonet handle with a crudely made sabre blade attached.The blade is tight and is very sharp with a fuller running most of the length. The only markings on the handle are what appears to be a serial number on the top flat of the handle. Could this possibly be a period modified Civil War weapon and is it possibly a Confederate bayonet sword? The blade is very secure and heavily corroded. It appears it could have been possibly buried for a long period of time. Thanks for looking. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share #2 Posted July 19, 2017 The handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted July 19, 2017 Top of the handle with the stampings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misfit 45 Posted July 19, 2017 Share #4 Posted July 19, 2017 All I can tell you for sure is that the slot is not that for the US Rifle 1855. It much more resembles the Spencer Carbine 1855 bayonet. Particularly with the tapered part of the handle on each side of the slot. The blade does look like it did not originally belong with the handle. I like the look, but that's all I got. Wow, if it could only talk. Marv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted July 20, 2017 All I can tell you for sure is that the slot is not that for the US Rifle 1855. It much more resembles the Spencer Carbine 1855 bayonet. Particularly with the tapered part of the handle on each side of the slot. The blade does look like it did not originally belong with the handle. I like the look, but that's all I got. Wow, if it could only talk. Marv Hi Marv, Thanks for the clarification on the Spencer. I really wish I could pin down the use of this sword. I guess it will remain a mystery for now. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted July 20, 2017 Has anyone seen a similarly modified CW era sword like this one? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk0911 Posted July 20, 2017 Share #7 Posted July 20, 2017 Has anyone seen a similarly modified CW era sword like this one? Chris Check Ebay - here is one similar to yours http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brass-handle-bayonet-scabbard-civil-war-era-/263092195046?hash=item3d41844ee6:g:YNcAAOSwjONZbC2t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron norman Posted July 30, 2017 Share #8 Posted July 30, 2017 There are a couple of possibilities. The hilt is NOT a Collins and company as they uses a steel pin in the center of the guard. Based on the configuration of the bayonet cut out it could of originally been for a Colt, US 1841, Sharps or an unknown rifle. In closely looking at your photographs I would be almost sure the blade was replaced and possible is a confederate conversion. Ron Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share #9 Posted August 3, 2017 There are a couple of possibilities. The hilt is NOT a Collins and company as they uses a steel pin in the center of the guard. Based on the configuration of the bayonet cut out it could of originally been for a Colt, US 1841, Sharps or an unknown rifle. In closely looking at your photographs I would be almost sure the blade was replaced and possible is a confederate conversion. Ron Norman Thank you Ron, I also have a sense that this has a good possibility of being a wartime Confederate conversion. No way to prove it though, but it is quite an interesting piece and I am glad to have it in the collection. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWIIDADS Posted August 3, 2017 Share #10 Posted August 3, 2017 Probably CSA, 1862-3, possibly for a Henry Lamb, or Mendenhall, Jones, and Gardner, Jamestown, NC Contract Rifle. Two very near identical ones in Atlanta History Center, George Wray Confederate Arms Collection, pictured, Confederate Odyssey, Gordon Jones, pp. 163 & 164 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-40Warhawk Posted August 3, 2017 Share #11 Posted August 3, 2017 Whatever it is, that blade is pretty wicked looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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