4-H said:
The brass appears to have been cast around the tang of the blade very tightly. We cant find any distinguishing markings on the sword to put with any society or affiliation of such. The blade has definitely been cut down.
Mike, there were a lot of generic sword and dagger designs sold around the turn of the century for societies. C. E. Ward, Henderson-Ames, and Pettibone were a few who advertized these kind of things. The odds are very poor that the handle was cast around the balde, but much more likely the blade was fitted to the handle after perhaps, the cheaper theatrical" blade was removed. The purposely rounded tip might also suggest this was put together as a 'toy' for a boy, rather than a man.
p.s. It's probably basically the same kind of deal as this, where I took a broken Ames sword blade and sharpened it to a point, and then fit it into an existing unrelated dug hilt. You'd swear they belonged togather, but of course they don't.
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