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Fake FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Reproduction Swords Napoleonic, British & French

Click on the link above to see some great reproductions. This site has good examples of unusually high quality reproduction swords. Collectors MUST look at these to see good modern reproductions.

Deepeeka - Reproduction Swords- These guys do a bit of everything, French, US, rapiers, etc.

Click on the link above to see some interesting reproductions. This site has some German hangers, French smallswords, US swords (check out the Patton saber!!), schiavonas, rapiers, US Civil War, etc. They are producing alot of swords that will fool the uninitated or uninformed. I saw alot of these in Britain being sold to the unsuspecting and the tourists as period items. This is not Deepeekas fault, so don't hesitate to order from them. Collectors MUST look at these to understand what is being reproduced. Several Indian manufacturers will produce swords for you from a photo, drawing or example. They will repro ANY sword. Many patterns not seen in catalogs have been produced in quantity and are being sold as period items. Be cautious when buying the old stuff.

Frequently Asked Questions and Hints and Tips

  • TBD

    • Repro List

    There are many reproduction and "fake" swords on the market today. Here is a partial list of the patterns of sword that are currently (or have previously) been reproduced. As more are discovered, I will list them. Please send photos or descriptions of the reproductions that you encounter. Be aware that there are companies in India taking current orders to produce exact replicas of collectable swords. The do very good work and these swords have the potential to fool even the advanced collectors. This will be a major problem in the future.

    US and Confederate Swords

  • US 1810 Militia Light Artillary Saber
  • US 1832 Foot Artillary sword (Gladius pattern)
  • US 1840 Light Artillary Saber (Troopers)
  • US 1840 Light Mounted Artillary Officers Saber
  • US 1840 Army NCO Sword
  • US 1840 Army Medical Staff Sword
  • US 1840 Army Musicians Sword
  • US 1840/41 Naval Cutlass (Marked! USN/DR/1862 Ames Mfg. Co Chicopee Mass
  • US 1852 Naval Officers Sword
  • US 1860 Naval Cutlass
  • US 1860 Light Cavalry Troopers Saber (Many versions are reproduced)
  • US 1860 Light Cavalry Troopers Saber parts (hilts, grips, pommels, ferrules, blades)
  • US 1860 Light Cavalry Officers Saber, etched blade
  • Confederate Foot Artillary Sword (Gladius style, CS on guard, star on pommel)
  • Confederate Foot Artillary Sword (Gladius style, like US 1832, C on one quillon, S on the other)
  • Confederate Foot Officers sword, similar to US 1850 Foot Officers, CS cast on the top of the reverse side of the counterguard
  • Confederate NCO Sword, similar to US 1840, with CSA molded into counterguard
  • Confederate Staff Officers Sword, repro of James Conning style, CS in branches on hilt, CSA etched on blade.
  • Confederate Staff Officers Sword, copy of swords made by Louis Froelich or Kenansville North Carolina, CSA cutout on brass guard
  • Confederate Cavalry and Mounted Officers Saber, repro of Nashville Plow Works sword, has CSA and Nashville Plow Works molded into hilt. See the following link for an article http://modoc1873.com/faksworlook.html
  • Confederate Artillary Officers Sword, CS cast into knucklebow
  • Confederate McElroy Cavalry Officers Saber, same as sword seen on page 128 Albughs book "Photographic Supplement of Confederate Swords"
  • Confederate Staff and Field Officers Sword, copy of Boyle Gamble and McFee swords, floral design, ear of corn, and CS molded into hilt, blade etched with floral design and CSA.
  • Confederate Naval Cutlass, similar to US 1841 Naval Cutlass, has CSN cast into pommel.
  • US Civil War Non-Regulation Officers Saber (Similar to those shown on Page 581 (American Swords and Sword makers by Bezdek)
  • US 1840 Army NCO (miniature 3/4 scale)
  • US 1850 Army Foot Officers (miniature 3/4 scale)
  • US 1840 Light Artillary (miniature 3/4 scale)
  • US 1922 West Point Sword

    • British Swords

  • 1742 British Infantry Sword, see Page 6 "The American Sword" by Petersen
  • 1751 British Infatry Sword, see Page 6 "The American Sword" by Petersen
  • 1829 British Life Guards Pattern

    • Japanese Swords

  • 1875 (&1886) Army Kyu-Gunto, leather grip wrapping, blade does not have shinogi, ko-shinogi, or yokoti. Scabbard is steel, but has Army style Shin Gunto suspension mountings. Made recently (a few years ago)
  • 1934 (&1938) Army Shin-Gunto, many late 1940's reproductions, Indonesia currently producing really poor fakes
  • 1935 NCO Shin-Gunto, faked by Austrailain troops late 1940's, also reproduced in India
  • WW II period Japanese Cavalry Sabers (troopers model with steel hilt), Copied and produced for military use by Chinese Army after WW II. A large number of these are on the market now. These are Chinese military swords patterned after Japanese swords. They are often painted green, and do not show Japanese arsenal marks.
  • Hybrid pattern Japanese Naval Dirk
  • Kamikazi Dirks, these are short tonto blades in plain wood handles (saya type handles) produced by the thousands after the war and sold to servicemen as "Kamikazi daggers".

    • German Swords

  • TBD - Nazi German items have been reproduced to such an extent, that it is safe to assume that ALL regulation patterns have been very skillfully reproduced in large numbers.

    • Any help is appreciated.

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