Found this buried under my grandmothers back shed
Posted Jul 29, 2012, 8:26 PM UTC
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No clue on origin or anything like that...do you suppose though that it may at some point have been stuck into a garden as decoration, then knocked over and forgotten? I know the pitting is just corrosion, but the pitting and silver spray paint reminds me of a n 1870's U.S. spike bayonet I've got. It was stuck point first into the ground and then had the socket used to hold bouquets at graves.
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Your sword most resembles the British 1796 Heavy Cavalry Dress sword with the cup taken off and blade possibly ground down as well.
Could be a reproduction. At first I was going to say it looks like a French Napoleonic briquette but the handle is all wrong and the blade, although the right length, is a little too thin.
The maker's mark of 'JP' may denote eiither John Power or John Pittar of Dublin c1804 if this website is to be believed.
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wel,, he painted the blade, so that could explain the dullity of the blade.
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More photos http://i.imgur.com/WQneC.jpg
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Sorry, having trouble posting all this info- Found this buried under my grandmothers back shed in the early 90s. We tore down the back shed and found this in the dirt- we also then spray painted the blade silver....but otherwise untouched. Initials on blade appear to be JP and CSL. Kind of sword? Time period? Any ideas? Found in Illinois , southwest of Chicago in Joliet area. The JP may be JH
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we also then spray painted the blade silver
What?
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Yea- young and dumb, blade was rusted and didn't look cool- so, spray paint....
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Maybe the Jp is JF or JH?
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Good sir, I believe what you have there is a murder weapon.
People don't bury swords for no reason.