Real or Replica?

[chukers]

First... I haven't seen many of these on here... I found it in a back yard of a house in the middle of a small town in central Texas... no other CW relics were found here.

We know what it is...
We know how old it is...

But is it real or a replica?

I do know this... its in really good shape...
Any comments welcome!

Chukers

 

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[Iron Patch]

I wouldn't expect that bit boss to be a replica. The thought wouldn't even cross my mind in the first place.

 

[DirtyMike]

I have seen plenty of these things and this one looks good.

 

[ivan salis]

my vote --real.

 

[Pull_tab_mike]

i say real and in really good shape

 

[chukers]

The reason I asked if it was real or not is because of the back and the pins...
(where it attaches)

The back is rusty it had some iron attached to it?
and the pins are on the front but not the back...shouldn't they be sticking out and not broken off inside?

 

[CRUSADER]

I'm not good on these, but isn't it post-CW?(real of course)

 

[Breezie]

It looks like the real deal to me. Congrats on a great find, Breezie

 

[vayank54]

It looks to be civil war period. They do make repros of these though. As far as I know on the the repros the holes are bigger than on the originals. This was orginally mounted on an iron horse bit. Before the civil war the bits were issued with the bosses attached. Sometime during the war they started issuing the bits, bosses and rivets seperately and it was up to the soldier to put the bosses on. That is why in a lot of the '63 and later cavalry camps you find the bosses that had never been used.

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

It sure looks like the "real deal" to me.

Congrats.

B

 

[chukers]

It looks to be civil war period. They do make repros of these though. As far as I know on the the repros the holes are bigger than on the originals. This was orginally mounted on an iron horse bit. Before the civil war the bits were issued with the bosses attached. Sometime during the war they started issuing the bits, bosses and rivets seperately and it was up to the soldier to put the bosses on. That is why in a lot of the '63 and later cavalry camps you find the bosses that had never been used.

Thank you... thats what I needed to hear... I know IP mentioned that but I didn't know the details... thanks to both of you I have been educated!

 

[chukers]

I will also vote on "real".

That is a nice artifact that you can be proud of.

Thanks... I'll be putting it in a display with that belt buckle I found!

 

[ivan salis]

a lot of calvary soldiers "bought" their mounts and tack at the end of the war and took them home with them --the same goes for union soldiers "weapons" as well ( since they were now "govt surplus" items )--- their uniform clothes given to them when discharged were used as well post war on the farm and such --waste not ,want not was the motto of the day . --times were fiscally hard post war.