Providence Tool Company Markings

[bayonet]

Anyone have a pic or in your collection of the markings on both sides of the blades of swords/sabers made by Providence Tool Company? Thanks

 

[Glen_C]

Providence Tool Company Markings - Google Search

ORIGINAL PROVIDENCE TOOL CO. MODEL 1860 LIGHT CAVALRY SABER AND SCABBARD IN GREAT CONDITION — Horse Soldier

https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/78/169/providence-tool-co-peabodymartini-rifle-with-bayonet

Cheers
GC

 

[UCVRelics]

Anyone have a pic or in your collection of the markings on both sides of the blades of swords/sabers made by Providence Tool Company? Thanks

Here you go.

 

[R. Porter]

I tried to hunt down my Providence Tool Company saber with scabbard but was unsuccessful. It's around somewhere. I was able to find a relic Providence Tool Co. saber that has no grip and is missing several inches off the end of the blade. The tag attached to it indicates it was found on a battlefield around Vicksburg. The company stamp on one ricasso and the U.S. and 1862 on the other are all but illegible. There is a JM stamp on the pommel. The edge where the blade was snapped off looks weathered, so it probably lay on the battle a little while before it was collected.

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

https://www.angelfire.com/wa/swordcollector/marks/PTCav.jpg

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

Providence Tool Company Cavalry Saber & Scabbard

This saber and scabbard is in excellent condition, is dated 1862, and is so marked. Issued to Federal horsemen during the American Civil War, it is the Model 1860 Light Cavalry saber and was one of 10,434 produced by the Providence Tool Company of Providence, Rhode Island under the U.S.

www.virginiarelics.com

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

https://civilwarantique.com/16-01-02/

 

[Sowbelly and Hardtack]

You might find the old thread on the Providence Tool Company of interest.

My Providence Tool Co. Springfield Model 1861 Mfr. 1864 | Small Arms & Ammunition

Model 1861 Springfield Rifle-Musket This is my first post, and it is a bit long winded, but I thought it best to eliminate some questions upfront. I have purchased an 1864 version by Providence Tool Co.. It is not in museum or high collector condition but very decent, in my non expert...

civilwartalk.com

 

[R. Porter]

You might note two things from the responses so far, one is the backward slant of "PROV." The other is the year, 1862. Looking at the Providence section in Thillmann's book on cavalry and artillery swords it appears that the majority of cavalry swords were delivered in 1862. Could the slanting PROV. be the adding of a company to an existing "TOOL CO." stamp? There also seems to be more than one way the fuller is stopped near the hilt.

 

[bayonet]

You might note two things from the responses so far, one is the backward slant of "PROV." The other is the year, 1862. Looking at the Providence section in Thillmann's book on cavalry and artillery swords it appears that the majority of cavalry swords were delivered in 1862. Could the slanting PROV. be the adding of a company to an existing "TOOL CO." stamp? There also seems to be more than one way the fuller is stopped near the hilt.

Yes thanks the slant of PROV was well noted. Plus I wanted to be sure on the date since for some reason many fakes and repros are dated 1862.

 

[hink441]

Here is my contribution.