Hi All,
Being of unsound mind, I started collecting edged weapons a long while back. I have a couple of 1860 Light Cavalry Sabers, both are replicas, but they do look the part. I originally got one when I had the urge to go out on Halloween as a Cavalry Trooper. After getting it and hanging it up on the wall after the event, it looked sort of strange hanging by itself so I scored a second one to make the crossed pair.
A few Halloweens later, at the request of a lady friend who had discovered an old fancy ball gown and what seemed to be thirty or forty slips to go under it, (I swear that there was lady under there somewhere, but it took a lot of work to find out!) I decided that she needed a Confederate Cavalry Officer to accompany her. That led to the purchase of this 1858 Light Cavalry Saber. Since one looked sort of funky on the wall, a second earlier version was purchased.
I think my favorite knife that I have has to be my Arkansas Toothpick. It is, to say the least, flat out humongous! At over 18 inches from pommel to tip and carrying 13 plus inches of blade, once it comes out it is just hard not to notice!
Of course, a man has to have a Bowie Knife or two, or three, or fourteen...
And I really wanted to get something that looked like the old timey scimitar from Aladdin's Tales.
While I carry a Buck Lite in my pocket all the time, I think the one blade that I have that gets the most use day to day has to be actually the smallest one. It even gets replaced quite a bit as they do wear out.
