Suspension loops on AMES scabbards?

[bayonet]

Correct me if I'm wrong but most if not all AMES cavalry sword scabbards for both the Enlisted & Officers models had 2 suspension loops not 1?
What cavalry scabbard had just 1 suspension loop (towards the top) on it?

 

[R. Porter]

French cavalry swords had a single loop after something like 1855, but don't hold me to that date. I'd have to look it up, but you should be able to Google it.

 

[Cavalier]

No expert here but I believe Russian scabbards generally had only one suspension ring. Hungarian maybe also. That of course might have depended on what era the scabbards were from.

John

 

[Dan Kohli]

The sabers made to the U.S. Army Ordnance Department specifications should have the two rings. I don't know if they ever sold single ring models to state or foreign governments though.

 

[bayonet]

The sabers made to the U.S. Army Ordnance Department specifications should have the two rings. I don't know if they ever sold single ring models to state or foreign governments though.

Why I'm wondering if it was a private sale as in a Dealer purchased it from AMES and sold it themselves. Or someone just fitted it to the M1860 AMES Officers cavalry saber and was just lucky it fit.

 

[Dan Kohli]

Why I'm wondering if it was a private sale as in a Dealer purchased it from AMES and sold it themselves. Or someone just fitted it to the M1860 AMES Officers cavalry saber and was just lucky it fit.

That had not occurred to me.

 

[R. Porter]

Why I'm wondering if it was a private sale as in a Dealer purchased it from AMES and sold it themselves. Or someone just fitted it to the M1860 AMES Officers cavalry saber and was just lucky it fit.

If you can tell for sure that it didn't have a second, lower ring that is now missing and you can tell for sure it fits an Ames blade (and it would likely be a model 1840 blade with a flat spine) then I would say it's a lucky fit.

There are different makers whose blades will fit the same scabbard. It can depend on the maker and time frame. I know that at least some later Ames blades won't fit earlier Ames scabbards.