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NOTE: The gun listings below represent our final
offerings. We are retired and will NOT be acquiring new firearms, so take
advantage of some great prices while they are available. We will be
listing M1 Garand stocks over time, so please check back often.
 1F - U.S. G.I. M14 WOOD RIFLE STOCK AND
METAL. More Photos, Click Here New condition, government
issue. I believe birch, ranging from orange brown to almost black.
Complete with all original metal showing no use. Has selector cutout.
Nice DoD cartouche. Crisp circle “P”. Crisp “S” in wood under butt
plate door. Shoulder support hinge marked with tiny “MTKCO”. I
personally selected this one from a large lot years ago, which I
intended to put on a personal commercial M14. Never got around to it,
so you get the prize stock. $225
 14F - M1860 COLT ARMY
.44 CALIBER REVOLVER More Photos, Click Here NOTE: the variation in
coloring on the first two photos was due to the lighting only. Serial No. 49134, all
matching. Made
1862. The serial number also has a “2” above or below, in most
places, indicating to me, this is one of a pair, possibly once cased. Barrel is thin, even plum. Very good barrel markings. Very good bore with a little speckled grey. Wedge screw appears to be repro, though it's not obvious. Little
dings around wedge. Very good nipples. Cylinder scene worn to about 60%. Frame silvery grey with good luster and a bit of mottled, aged
case. Good action. Backstrap fairly clean with traces of blue at top. Really pretty
grips, orangey brown with varnish (original) still 90%. Very nice M1860
Colt. Closeout
Price below our cost... $2,195 Payment by bank check or money order
only
 17F -
HARPER'S FERRY MODEL
1816 U.S. FLINTLOCK MUSKET ALTERED TO PERCUSSION IN THE NATIONAL
ARMORIES. More Photos, Click Here
An especially nice specimen. All metal is smooth and lustrous with
some scattered, isolated thin brown stain - virtually all easily cleaned
to bright. Lock is deeply stamped with eagle emblem over "US",
with "Harpers Ferry/1837". Strong, tight action.
Breech/nipple area has no pitting and is crisply marked "P/eagle
head/V". Tang has "1837". Very good nipple. Very good
clean bore. Not shot out. Original cleaning rod is included.
Wood is very good with fairly sharp edges, never sanded or cleaned.
Inspector's initials on escutcheon area. Numerous small rubs,
nicks, scratches, as expected. Thin, half inch flake out of bottom
of forestock just behind barrel band. Soldier's initials 5/8"
high, carved in reverse butt stock. Priced considerably less than
the cost of the last one of these we handled. Once this is gone,
there will be no more. Closeout Price at our
cost...$1,675 Payment by bank check or money order
only
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NOTE: The items in this section represent our final sword and knife
offerings. We will NOT be acquiring new edged weapons inventory, so
take advantage of some nice buys while you can.
All the knives in this section
have been previously reduced to our cost levels...the few swords
remaining have also been reduced to our cost. Please check them
out and take advantage of these great buys.
 1EW - CIVIL WAR STRAIGHT RAZOR POCKET
KNIFE. More Photos, Click Here In its day, certainly one
of the most frightening, vicious, and effective weapon one could carry
for personal protection, and personal intimidation. Something for bar
fights when on leave. Not something you would expect to be carried by
your typical farmer-soldier. Owner took a large Barlow-type pocket
knife handle with blade, took out the blade and replaced it with a
straight razor blade. The whole thing definitely dates Civil War.
Opens and closes like a regular pocket knife. 9 3/8” long overall.
Steel parts are either dark grey or thin brown with some overall
pitting. Black wood grips; one side has little split in the wood.
Great soldier display item – goes along with the brass or lead iron
knuckles many carried. $45
3EW - WWII TWO-BLADED POCKET KNIFE to be worn
on a cord or chain. Click
thumbnail photos for larger views
Closed it is 2 1/2" long, and has a blade which folds out each end.
Grips are simulated mother-of-pearl. One face has National
Emblem affixed. One end also has loop for attaching to chain.
Excellent condition. No blade markings. $45
 7EW - M1893 SPANISH MAUSER BAYONET. More Photos, Click Here
Famous weapon used against the US in the Spanish American War.
Spanish Arsenal made. Ricasso markings worn but enough remain to
identify arsenal and date 1897. 10” blade is clean with overall light
grey. Not rusted or pitted. Grips retain most finish with some wear
and few shallow impressions. Pommel metal shows more wear than blade.
Grey. Original sheath. Metal clean/grey. Leather is flexible,
almost limp. Finish just dull from wear. $65
 8EW - M1893 SPANISH MAUSER BAYONET. More Photos, Click Here Famous
weapon used against the US in the Spanish American War. Made by
SIMSON CO./SUHL, and clearly marked. 10” blade is mostly clean,
grey. Some scattered black spotty stain. Couple ½” or less spots
have shallow rust. Grips have low luster original finish, some light
wear, and some surface rubs. Pommel metal is brown. Original
sheath. Metal is brown. Black leather is stiff. Fairly smooth, worn
surface. No cracks or flaking. $50
 27EW - SUPER
WWII G.I.’s HAND MADE COMBAT KNIFE. More Photos, Click
Here Great
numbers of these were made during the War because side knives were in
serious short supply. Thus, the great ingenuity of the American soldier and sailor went
to work and produced a grand variety of knives, each with great
individuality. Here’s a good one. 13” long overall. 7 ¾” flat, heavy bowie blade with good contours. Massively
hilted with cast aluminum counterguard/bolster and chunky pommel. Grip is made of stacked phenolic or similar black material,
spaced with sheet aluminum washers. Heavy knife. Solid. Blade is lustrous grey. Has some fine original scratches from when it was made. Heavy original brown leather scabbard laced together. Shows use but has good original finish. Snap strap a more recent repair and an unnecessary narrow belt
loop was recently added to rear. Snap strap uses old leather and barely noticeable. A good collector’s specimen. $195
 29EW - FINE
C.1870-80’s MASONIC SWORD. More Photos, Click Here
These have become very popular as well as scarce. I was lucky to find a
small collection. When the couple we found are sold, I don’t know from
where the next will come. Solid brass hilt with silver plating.
Helmeted head pommel. Wedge shaped counterguard. Black finished wood
grip with applied decorations having red cross at center. Wear to
silver. Tarnished. Some little dings in grip finish. Blade about
MINT. Has owner’s name etched on one side in ornate lettering “Frank S.
Waldron”. Other side has large cross. Mirror-like original polish.
Maine dealer name. Black glossy leather covered scabbard with large
brass fittings, hand engraved with large Crusader, red cross, and leafy
flourishes. Leather finish has shallow impressions of drying cracks.
Mounts have worn, tarnished silver plate. $325
 30EW - FINE AMES
ANTIQUE MASONIC SWORD C.1860-80. More Photos, Click Here
My opinion is that this is earlier rather than later. Etched decoration
is early style, as is blade style (flat oval). Classic cast brass hilt
with helmeted head pommel, wedge shaped counterguard and black wood grip
with applied brass cross with red cross center. Mint blade has mirror
polish and EXTENSIVE etched designs – most Masonic symbols…couple styles
of crosses, banners, mosque, crusader head, and rococo scroll work,
Marked “Ames Mfg. Co./Chicopee/Mass.”. Solid brass scabbard also Ames
marked, plus engraved with owner’s name “J. E. Gould”. Nearly covered
with hand engraved decoration on face plus two crosses. Much rococo
scroll work. Traces of silver plating. Fine. By a famed military
sword dealer from well before the Civil War. $375
 36EW - HANDSOME & FINE CIVIL WAR
SABER BAYONET. More Photos, Click Here Bright 21 ¾" blade
retains most original polish, the color most subtly affected by
microscopic, transparent speckling from handling. Also, about 12" of the tip has edge sharpening. Solid brass hilt about good as new, with the slightest patina. Hilt is 4 15/16" long, with a bore of 0.810 (just a tad under,
measured with a micrometer). Has a short stud slot and is most like specimen #127 in
Hardin's "The American Bayonet". I don't know which weapon this bayonet went to. Most look identical, the only differences being usually in
specific dimensions. $325
 49EW - WAR TROPHY
FIGHTING KNIFE/MACHETE FROM THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR & PHILLIPPINE
INSURRECTION. More Photos, Click Here This is an exceptionally
attractive BORONG or vicious fighting knife which most of the Moro natives
carried and which caused our soldiers considerable grief, actually
justifying the creation and issuance of a more powerful U.S. soldier’s side
arm, the legendary Colt .45 semi-automatic. We have another borong which
was removed from the abdomen of a U.S. soldier. Whole thing is 20 ¾” long,
knife in scabbard. Lovely carved and striped wood grips with dark brass
ferrule. 14” long, hand made, classic leaf-shaped blade. Bright with couple
insignificant brown age spots. Lots of original tool marks. Handsome
scabbard of wood, mostly covered with decoratively woven split reed. Bottom
end has 1” loss of covering and a few splits in the wood. Upper end on face
very handsomely carved and faced with mother-of-pearl, which has a star in
circle emblem. This facing is lost from the reverse side. A great war
relic from a turbulent and world-changing period of our history. $350
 55EW - WWII GI-MADE FIGHTING KNIFE. More Photos, Click Here Shops on post, or on ship turned out thousands of
knives of every imaginable description during WWII. These make a great collection with endless possibilities. Here’s a
knife with a distinctive feature whose origin is unknown to me, but which
shows up from time to time…the wide, leather-backed counterguard. 15 ¼” long overall. 10”
blade. Long, narrow, with a
bowie shaped tip. Very heavy
grip made of stacked leather washers, which grow larger to fit the back of
the counterguard. Has a brass pommel cap. Wish this one had its sheath. But
still a great design. Blade
grey with couple small rust spots. $95
 58EW - ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL, AND NASTY WWII GI-MADE
FIGHTING KNIVES I’VE EVER ENCOUNTERED. More Photos, Click Here 14 ¼” long overall. 8 ¾” blade. A large
and rugged stiletto. Symmetric
double edged blade, very sharp, substantially thick, and equally wide its
entire length. At the ricasso,
it narrows to become entirely round as it enters the heavy black phenolic
grip. Perhaps once part of something else, or modified, it makes a perfect
grip for the blade. Both blade
and handle show fine finishing marks. In
its original heavy brown leather sheath, riveted together, and with belt
hook on top. For a knife
collector, this is a great one. $350
 73EW - HEAVY AND IMPRESSIVE WWII SHOP-MADE
G.I. FIGHTING KNIFE. More Photos, Click Here
Quite a handsome, heavy hilt. Eight sided aluminum hilt, entirely
cross-hatched by machine. Precise grooving. Shows considerable remaining
black finish to hilt. Thick brass counterguard and 7” long single edged
blade still retaining 60-70% original thin fire blue. Extreme tip has tiny
chip out – less than 1/8”. Fine heavy brown leather scabbard. Adjustable
safety strap. Leather nearly good as new, with minor age patina and small
rubs. Knife is 12” long overall. I love these hand made knives with
character. $195
 87EW - VERY TYPICAL WWII G.I.-MADE
FIGHTING KNIFE. More Photos, Click Here
Another way of saying shop-knife…which were turned out in great variety
and profusion by G.I.’s who had access to any kind of machine or repair
shop. Knife is 10 ¾” long. Heavy grip is made of typical stacked washers
made of a maroon red phenolic, interspersed with brass washer, and steel
pommel cap. Thick brass counterguard. Nicely shaped, constant
thickness steel blade. Blade bright, clean, showing some light,
original marks from its shaping. Original dark brown sheath showing
nice patina of age. Strong and flexible. Few rubs. Face has a punch
mark border line around large, less than professional initials scratched
in. Classic G.I. $150
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