Help appreciated identifying a sword...

[sgupta]

Hey all!

I actually do computer work for a living so am a bit out of my element. But a client of mine would like a sword identified, and I thought I'd give it a go.

The sword itself has an 18 1/16" inch blade, a total length of 24", a width of 1 7/8" (blade), and a hilt width at its widest point of 3 9/16".

The blade is silver in color, and the hilt looks to be gold. The hilt is worn and appears to have two letters engraved on both sides of it right before the blade - unfortunately, they're quite worn so it's hard to make out - looks a bit like C.J to me.

I have a couple pics of it but they aren't great pics - I'm working on getting some better ones from her.

Any help would definitely be appreciated!

 

[Latticino]

Judging from hilt quality looks to be either a theatrical piece or poor replica wall hanger of a period short sword (which one I couldn't tell you). It is almost a Roman Gladius, but hilt is all wrong for that. Good luck with it in any event

 

[insnotane9378]

hi, this is a confederate artillery short sword. the letters are c.s. it was made by richmond arsenal. as to wether that is a reproduction sword or not i couldnt tell you. there have been a lot of reproductions made. the only reason i know any of this is that a friend of mine came across one of these while demolishing an old house. i just posted wondering if anyone could give me an idea of a price. I took mine to a historian in my area that said it was not a reproduction, but unfortunatly my friend polished it and brought it way down in value.

anyway i hope this helped

 

[Cougar Allen]

That's a fantasy sword -- not a reproduction of any real sword, just something that some people might consider ornamental.