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Cival War Era Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber 'WRIST BREAKER
Cival War Era Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber 'WRIST BREAKER
Cival War Era Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber 'WRIST BREAKER
Cival War Era Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber 'WRIST BREAKER
Cival War Era Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber 'WRIST BREAKER
Cival War Era Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber 'WRIST BREAKER
Cival War Era Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber 'WRIST BREAKER
Cival War Era Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber 'WRIST BREAKER
Cival War Era Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber 'WRIST BREAKER

Cival War Era Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber 'WRIST BREAKER"

$ 950.4

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Restocking Fee: No

    Description

    The model 1840 saber, called the "wrist breaker", was was a relatively heavy cavalry saber, and as it was manufactured before the Civil War, it saw extensive use by both sides during the war.
    Standard features include a relatively straight wooden handle covered with leather and a wire grip, brass hilt has three branches, brass pommel cap and guard are unadorned, steel blade has flat back with narrow and wide fuller stopped at the ricasso, iron scabbard with iron mountings.
    Manufactured by Ames Manufacturing  Company, Cabotville, Massachusetts.  Marks on ricasso, "AMES MFG CO / CABOTVILLE / 1851" and "US /ADK", additional inspector stamping on pommel, "ADK" and "JWR".