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A scarce Confederate bridle-cutting pike
11 June 2012, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$1,755 inc. premium
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A scarce Confederate bridle-cutting pike
Having a broad 13 1/2 inch spearpoint blade of diamond section, the ricasso with 4 1/2 inch, slightly downcurving fluke sharpened on both edges. Tang extending 7 inches into haft and fastened with three large pins. Mounted on original 72 inch haft, the upper end with 2 inch steel ferrule below blade.
Condition: Mottled grey metal showing some light pitting. Haft with minor marks.
See Illustration
Condition: Mottled grey metal showing some light pitting. Haft with minor marks.
See Illustration
Footnotes
Provenance: ex. Rodney Hilton Brown Collection, illustrated as Item A, Plate 103 on page 119 of his book, American Polearms, 1526-1865. See pages 124-5 for a discussion of the bridle-cutting pike and it's intended and unlikely use by Confederate forces.








