Shoe box with spurs

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Gents, poking through more boxes of odds and ends and found some spurs, he also had a bag with some old thin leather with the note 'CW leather spurs' What is your opinion on the CS?

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Bob
 

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This is one of those that I'm not saying yea or nay without looking at it person so I can lick it. When I get home I will post a photo of one I dug in a CS cavalry camp in Miss back in the 80's the rowel is not near as big as this one.
 
Did some firm actually supply spurs marked with some marking (CS, CSA) to the CSA? Seems a great item to counterfeit.
 
Yes they did. Leech & Rigdon aka Memphis Novelty Works made the spurs in question. Nashville Plow Works made a VERY nice sword mark CSA.
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There was no taste, just cold metal. Since I am not into Cav items I'll probably send the whole kit n kaboodle to HA for a review and hopefully on to someone's collection.
 
I agree that the CS spur is a modern recast, the letters and stars are not as crisp as one would like and I do not see evidence of file marks, which were prevalent on these hastily finished spurs. The rowel is the correct size, but the vent hole stem (between the C &S) is too soft and muddled. These have been reproduced since the 1950's.
 
I have a right as rain CS marked Leech and Rigdon (Memphis Novelty Works) spur. I purchased it from a VERY reputable dealer and friend of mine, came out of the Gary Bisackey collection (I may have miss-spelled his name) and this one here just don't look right.
 
Here is the one I dug in a CS camp in Tupelo Ms back in the early 80's. The points made by @Package4 are spot on. Its a repop.
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I have never looked at spurs, I guess because I never had a real interest in Cavalry equipment. I tend to like weapons. I still have learned some things from this thread. Thank you for all of the interesting information. Now I will go back to WWII relics and uniforms.
 
Much more crisp casting on dug one that is for certain!
When they are copied, same goes for buckles, you lose clarity, since most often the original casting dies are long gone. For example, a Maryland belt and buckle just sold for $900+ on EBay this week, it is clearly a recast from a Gaylord original, when it was recast, I couldn't tell you. Marylander's couldn't get additional buckles from the home state, so there were recasts done in camp. The bottom picture is an original pre-war Gaylord buckle, notice the difference in clarity.

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