This magnificent sword was presented to Colonel Charles Jefferson Wright in 1890 by the teaching staff and cadets of the New York Military Academy, of which he was the founder and...

This wonderful American Revolutionary War officer's hanger/short saber was purchased at an estate sale, together with the pay voucher for Captain Silvanus Brown. Sword bears the marks of two natives of...

This English hanger is of the style popular with the British and Colonial officers at the time of the American Revolutionary War. Iron hilt is of the slotted variety, with a...

An estate-fresh find from the Upstate New York, this officer's hanger dates to the American Revolutionary War. Iron hilt has acquired a beautiful chocolate patina; horn grip has small chips. Blade...

The hilt of this sword hilt has acquired a rich dark patina. Grip is wood, once covered by leather or sharkskin. Felt cloth is present between the grip and the inside of the...

This wonderful cuttoe dates ca.1780, and has a beautiful hand-chased silver and ebony hilt, both quillons shaped as hunting dog heads. The pommel has a stippled background, with raised floral decorations...

This beautiful ca.1770 cuttoe is probably of English manufacture. The elegant, gadrooned and shaped to hand grip was dyed in the then-fashionable green. Montmorency blade is 26" long. Furniture of the...

This small dirk or dagger dates to the first half of the 19th century. Place of origin - possibly Philadelphia or Baltimore. Tuite, Hartzler et al. ascribe this particular style as...

This very small dagger or dirk is possibly of American manufacture, perhaps made in Baltimore in the early decades of the 1800s. Near-identical examples are pictured in Peter Tuite's U.S. NAVAL...

This small American silver-mounted dirk dates to the early decades of the 19th century. Blade is 9 cm. long, diamond in cross-section. Sheath frog is gone. Hilt is loose, in part...

This James Jenison & Co., Southbridge, Massachusetts underhammer percussion pistol features a rare 6" long barrel in approx. 7mm caliber. Serial number '2' is stamped near the percussion cap tit. Handle...

This sword was indeed beautiful, when it arrived in the New York harbor on a ship from England, ca.1810. English-made, retailed by the New York cutlers Christopher & John David Wolfe,...