![Image](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/1864_07_Sword_3_views.jpg)
As shown, the maker is "Mansfield & Lamb" from Forestdale RI *, and it was inspected by CEW in 1864.
* Sorry to those from the south... but it is/was a Union sword. My dad says it was carried by a man from Lynn, MA (my birthplace), but all the details about the sword and the man who carried it were stolen back in the 70's -- along with an original Colt 1861 Navy too! Bastards! And we also lost an original ring-trigger 4-barrel pocket pistol in that rotten break-in...
In my haste to take some pictures before I returned the sword, I was so focused on getting clear close-ups of the maker & date marks, I didn't get a clear picture of the sword's blade! Dang it!!!
So you'll have to settle for the following instead...
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
![Image](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/1864_06_Sword_Letter_Opener.jpg)
This was an "impulse buy" if there ever was one! I got this Civil War Sword letter opener late one night after responding to some Project Sword messages. I think it's kind of cool -- and it works well too!
Tight groups!
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