Antique Swords of America

Sword related Articles

Below is list of articles that can be found on the OldSwords website that refer to American swords. The articles can be found in the 'Resources' section

As well as the follwing artciles the OldSwords website also contains links to many other articles on subjects relating to swords.

COMING SOON! - With the kind permission of Man at Arms magazine will will be making a number of their excellent past articles available for viewing.

• Care and Preservation of Antique Edged Weapons


• Grip variations in US Civil War Foot Officers Swords


• Restoration versus Conservation


• The Care And Disposition Of An Ancient Weapons Collection


• The Library Of A Collector


• Brief Introduction to the British 1853 Cavalry Sword


• The Collecting, Cleaning and Preservation of Edged Weapons


• The Collecting Of Ancient Swords


• U.S. NAVAL CUTLASSES MODELS 1816, 1841, 1860 & 1917


• A Brief History of Klingenthal Swords Manufacturing


• Swords and Sabres for Spanish Cavalry Troopers


• Two M1860 Staff and Field Swords


• Four Big Black Swords (Swords of 1812)


• Society Swords - Markings & Makers


• How to Care and Maintenance Your Sword


• Collecting Swords


• Elisha Tobey's Forgotten M1818 Starr Sabers


• Manufacturers of Regulation Enlisted Model Swords During the US Civil War and Photographs of their Marks


• Civil War Contract Sword Inspectors


• Fraternal, Societal, and Ceremonial Swords


• Focusing on the M1917/M1941 Cutlass


• American Officers' Swords of the War of 1812


• Conservation of Swords and Other Edged Weapons


• Lost and Found: A U.S. Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber