bigcaddy64
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For the last 3 months, I have been digging in a private residence that has produced some great finds. Itās occupied almost every Saturday for the past 3 months so regular yard sale trips have been out on hold.
Since we canāt go there every weekend, last Saturday was spent around my house with a few community sales on my list. One happened to be in a very old part of town and as luck would have it, I found a sale that was on a double size lot and stilll in the family that purchased it almost 100 years ago.
I was given free rein to dig around the garage and outbuildings which I happily did which brings me to my confusing find
I happened to stumble onto a large footlocker that was absolutely stuffed with military stuff like helmets, bayonets and knives. One of those blades happened to be a short sword.
My knowledge on swords is limited and Im absolutely lost as to what this might be. I found some civil war swords on my girlfriends family property last summer but this is nothing like those.
Thereās no hilt or hand guard and it seems very short. The only markings I spotted were (2) Jās on the tang and the letter āIā or 1 on the reverse. Overall it measures 26 1/4ā with and blade length of 21 1/2ā.
Google lens havenāt produced many results so if any resident sword experts could chime in, it would really help identify this thing.
Since we canāt go there every weekend, last Saturday was spent around my house with a few community sales on my list. One happened to be in a very old part of town and as luck would have it, I found a sale that was on a double size lot and stilll in the family that purchased it almost 100 years ago.
I was given free rein to dig around the garage and outbuildings which I happily did which brings me to my confusing find
I happened to stumble onto a large footlocker that was absolutely stuffed with military stuff like helmets, bayonets and knives. One of those blades happened to be a short sword.
My knowledge on swords is limited and Im absolutely lost as to what this might be. I found some civil war swords on my girlfriends family property last summer but this is nothing like those.
Thereās no hilt or hand guard and it seems very short. The only markings I spotted were (2) Jās on the tang and the letter āIā or 1 on the reverse. Overall it measures 26 1/4ā with and blade length of 21 1/2ā.
Google lens havenāt produced many results so if any resident sword experts could chime in, it would really help identify this thing.
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