Belding and Mull

[Fred]

[Fred]

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[PhillipM]

thought cavalry sabers were curved

The point, the point, the point. Patton quoting and affirming Napoleon that it's a stabbing weapon. No curve needed for that

[Fred]

The tip of the Patton saber is like a sharp chisel. Given a good thrust, it can probably pierce and burst through chain mail. In a charge, I believe this sword was quicker and more versatile than a lance.

I like this saber so much, I bought another one exactly like it yesterday. It and the leather carrier and sword knot will arrive in just a very few days. Maybe it's because I was a Cavalry officer, but it just felt like the thing to do. Couldn't help myself.

[Fred]

[Fred]

My 2nd U.S. M-1913 saber arrived today. I'll clean the canvas covers on both scabbards of oils and horse sweat.

[Fred]

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[Fred]

If this rifle were a coin, It would be rated as a virtually uncirculated example. I've never fired a round in it. When I first obtained it, I of course carefully removed the barreled receiver from the stock. Upon doing so, some wood shavings that had been trapped & pressed flat underneath the receiver fell out. Apparently those thin wood shavings from the stock inletting had stuck to the stock and had been trapped under the receiver when the rifle had been initially assembled back in 1918. That's the only time that I've ever taken this rifle apart. It was probably the very first time the rifle had been taken apart since it left Springfield Armory around August of 1918.

[Fred]

[Fred]

Two Model 1913 (Patton) sabers, both made in 1918