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- Discussing and "slashing" with an original Ames Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber made in 1857.
Video we did years ago with my 1860 Light Cavalry Saber: • 1860 Light Cavalry Saber
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Video we did years ago with my 1860 Light Cavalry Saber: th-cam.com/video/_8vKVopmGh8/w-d-xo.html
How old were you when this saber was made?
Happy to see that you are alive and well and doing ok.
Yankee and Confederate Saber Sword
The "Ol' Wrist Breaker."
I was a 19d cavalry scout in the US army and much like the marine corps cavalry men are often given a saber as an award when I left fort drum my unite gave me one as a going away present. It's a very coveted award to be given most enlisted soldiers under e5 don't get one.
I have my dads from when he was a cav scout
Sorry you had to live in upstate new york
Marine Corps allows for NCO sword at the time the Corporal rank is achieved, and is necessary to have for parades, especially if you are leading a unit in the ceremonies.
@@philllax1719lol, it’s nice if you like the cold/snow. Which I do.
@docrakidocraki8067 I like the cold and snow too, but you can get that in the rockies without all the terrible laws
Now if you can hit the big gong at 100 yards with that I will be thoroughly impressed.
Might need adjustable sights for that! But then again we ARE talking about Hickok 45.
Dang! You stole my idea. Well, you did beat me by a couple of days.
Hickok is like a kid again with a sword and pumpkins, awesome! 💯
Who wouldn't be? 😁👍
He should form a band and call it "The SLASHING Pumpkins". XD
I've been a fan of Hickok45 since my high school days, so long ago. I've always Loved his historic gun videos. Now that I'm also a sword collector, this episode just warms my heart. I would Love Hickok45 to do videos on historic swords not only from the Awesome USA, but from around the world. Who's with me on this?
That would be a cool idea. 🔥👍💪
The Kiowa tribe captured one from the US Calvary and still has it on display in their tribal museum
1840 heavy Dragoon saber. Sometimes referred to as the old wrist breaker. I have a German made S & K, which were purchased and imported by the US military.
These sabers were all based on the famous Hussars Sabers of the French Empire, the model 1840 is an exact copy of the Royalist 1822 Cavalry Saber
I have a S&K 1840 Sabre
My old church group leader found one of these at his job. His job is to clear out old apartments after the previous occupants had left. I believe it was marked 1864.
Probably the 1860 Light Cavalry model. Very similar but lighter.
@@hickok45 Very interesting! Thank you for the video!
Hickock still wearing ear protection while reviewing a sword, maybe it is part of him now. :D
Better safe then sorry........what did you say?
Yeah, my dentist gives me odd looks when I wear it to appointments. :-) Of course, I wear it THERE just for the intimidation factor. You cause ME pain; the ears go in and I cause YOU pain. :-)
@@hickok45 Haha I'm stealing that
Lord Hickok reviewing antique swords......love from India 🇮🇳 1857 our first war for Independence
Butchering a bunch of innocent women and kids, and throwing their bodies in a well to hide the deed is not a "war of independence". I'm not saying that the British should be proud of their role in that conflict, but the Indian side has nothing to be proud of either. In addition, India had already been under Muslim occupation by the Mughals. This is why many Sikhs actually supported the British during the 1857 mutiny: they remembered the other form of occupation, and they didn't want anymore of it.
Hello from the UK, we got butter knives but need a license
You’ve gotta cut those watercress sandwiches!
Oi mate, you got a loicence for that knife
How do you defend against someone armed with a piece of fruit? Giant weights and tigers are effective but hardly concealable.
Moats
How about hydrochloric acid?
It's funny, I just happen to have a replica of this sword. It's cool to see the actual sword mine was made to immitate. They called these old heavy cavalry swords 'wrist-breakers' because they aren't easy to stop once the blade gets going. Easy to damage a tendon. Of couse, they are meant to be used from horseback, where the momentum of the charging horse does most of the work.
Heavy cavalry was intented to get into static melee with the enemy....while the light cavalry had less armor and was mostly for charges (they ran thru the enemy once...sliced all they could then run away and come again.)
The heavy cavalry charged and kinda of stood there in the middle of the fight....while the light cavalry was running the enemy up and down basically.
Im not very good at explaining this specially in my non native language.
Perfect explanation
@@Gauge-lo2bp Thanks! :)
Not all heavy cavalry had armor in the 19th century. It is more correct to say that a minority of cavalrymen had armor. In France, for example, cuirassiers had armor. But in the USA, the cavalry did not use armor at all. And during the Civil War, all the bulletproof armor of the Napoleonic era became useless. The division into "light cavalry and "heavy cavalry" comes not only from the tasks (which was correctly said), but also from the weight and size of the horses. The design of this saber is apparently French. As I understand it, the saber was only used on horseback on large horses. The length is too long for fighting on foot. Perhaps this saber was not even worn on foot
@@ns987More stronger Steel plate bullet proof armour was developed in late 19th century .
Beautiful piece of history!!! Thanks for sharing.
It's great to see you cover some bladed weapons again! I'd love to see some more videos featuring tomahawks as well. Thank you!
I had no idea he ever did anything other than guns before
awesome sword, there is a cool civil war channel here on youtube. they talk about they where so long so you can hit enemy from horseback, the strap would have the sword hanging much lower and dragging on the ground if you where on foot. it was designed to be drawn from a horse. Most of the sabers where actually dull and not sharpened the cavalry preferred to charged with their revolvers. a lot of troops in the civil war where not trained to fight with the saber either. crazy stuff in history but fun, thanks for sharing.
It’s nice to see ur review of something other than a gun for a change. It’s a nice change of pace. Really cool to see some of the weapons used back in the day.
I love this kind of content, I was raised up going to Civil War re-enactment battles as a kid and I love History.
The heavy and light designations refer to the type of cavalry, not the sword or it's weight, although those did vary according to the role of the cavalry too obviously. That's a good looking weapon, seems perfect for it's horseback job of momentum delivered slashes, and ye never need to reload!
Its no apostrophe
@@RealMTBAddict
I can only imagine how busy you must be correcting grammar and spelling mistakes on TH-cam comments.
@@48mastadon ,
Hey, *it's* a thankless job, but someone has to do it.
I assumed the names for the US sabers, while carried over from the European traditions being copied, still referred primarily to the weight of the sword as 19th-century America had no heavy cavalry. Ergo an American HCS would be a cavalry saber that was heavy rather than the more standard European usage referring to a saber for heavy cavalry.
But I'm no expert. Did the US military just retain the old European distinction as "a sword for heavy cavalry" even though we didn't have heavy cavalry?
@@RealMTBAddict
*Its. No apostrophe.*
Sentence fragments aside, this statement still requires some form of punctuation between "its" and "no." Otherwise, you are claiming that something is not an apostrophe.
If you're going to be a pedant, go ahead. More power to you. Just do it correctly, please.
My brother had a cavalry replica Saber. We used to toss potatoes up in the air and slice them with it. What fun we had. My mother really didn't appreciate it when we did it in the kitchen.
Sometimes we could hit one twice if we were quick enough
I love it. Sounds exactly like something I would do and have done. Great example of how guys' brains work.
Of COURSE, we guys are going to do something like this with potatoes and sabers! Why not! :-) Could we break something or get hurt? Yes, but that's the way we're wired. I've often commented that it's a miracle that so many of us guys survive into adulthood.
Many experts and social scientists have written extensively on how modern society has made it difficult for guys to be guys. So many of our natural instincts for danger and adventure have been suppressed by society and "civilization."
Tossing potatoes and slicing them in the air with sabers might involve a little "danger," but it appears the lack of a little adventure, direction, and maybe even "danger," in boys' and men's lives could be resulting in some real negatives for society.
What a beautiful blade and the video so informative as well I appreciated learning the history behind it. Have a blessed day
From what I've read Ames was a particularly good manufacturer. Sabres for light cavalry and for fighting on foot usually have blades about 30 - 32 inches long and weigh 700 - 800 grams. Your 1840 has a 35" blade and weighs about 1100+ grams or 2.5 lbs. Its not the heaviest cavalry weapon out there but pretty close. To properly wield a sabre of this size would require the same amount of strength and control as using a standard axe with one hand.
as a lifelong martial artist and knife guy i gotta say it's real entertaining to see you so out of your element with a weapon!
you're always so certain and practiced with firearms, its easy to forget you're not trained on every single thing
Correct. I have no interest in being "trained" on knife fighting. My running shoes will snap into action LONG before I'd be engaging in a knife fight. :-)
Well this is unique for Hickok but very interesting as I'm a Civil War buff and love any and all weapons that could have been used at that time. Thanks again!
One of my favorite channels! Hickok45 and hot coffee. You're very much appreciated sir
I love the jingle and crunch of all the spent cartridges on the ground they're walking on, haha!
Beautiful piece. The horse soldier is older than civilization
Been watching a lot of the Napoleonic Wars lately so it's cool you did a video of this. Thanks
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Of course you went to a gun show in Manassas. I was stationed in Norfolk I won't say where. You are an amazing person. I collected knives then daggers then swords and now I'm up to guns and I tell everyone about you it's not really about likes on Facebook or TH-cam or whatever you are the person I go to besides my grandfather who has passed away for gun knowledge. Never change
My Great uncle Chester was a Cavalry officer in WWI, he told me the horses had their own gas masks.
I needed something new to cut with, thank you🗿👌🏼
Never thought I'd see the day Hickok is taking a sword to the range. I love it, lol!!😂
Serious question though, think y'all could come by a Patton Saber? That would be so cool to watch.
Great video Hickock! Have loved bladed weapons all of my life. Besides, it's nice to let the gong sleep in every once in a while. Thanks so much.
You may have an Ames in your garden shed right now, they make shovels and other implements to this day, hopefully made in the US.
I walk past an Ames rake on the way to my office each day. the sticker says since 1774!!
I'm ready for the Matt Easton/Hickok45 collaboration.
Much love we all appreciate you so much 🥳🫡🤝I’m very grateful for your presence,much love and support from the 19yr old fellow Texan really enjoy your content man!!!
I was really expecting hickock to cut some bottles instead of shooting them for once.
Was not disappointed.
This is great! I love to see axe and sword videos every once in a while.
feel free to do more edged weapons/tools in the future
I have the exact same saber gifted to me when my father passed away only difference is the sheath is solid silver and Ingraved ..you bought back memories 👍
We never really change from young boys playing with our toys.
By god, it's gorgeous.
I need to get this video to Matt Easton. I feel like he would appreciate it.
Hickok's catchers mitt hand barely fits in the basket. Lol
One of these days Hickock will do a video on the S&W Tripple Lock
Beautiful sword! I have one that is not quite as nice, and a French m1822 after which it was modeled. The French sword is a few ounces heavier as you said. I suppose the name "wristbreaker" was meant to carry a certain respect. At least regarding the French, the light cavalry would have been the Dragoons (dragons) and the heavy cavalry, the Cuirassiers. As translated the terms "light" and "heavy" would have referred to the shock value of the troops rather than the weight of the sword I believe the light cavalry/Dragoons often dismounted and fought on foot, the Cuirassiers, less often. (NOTE: Take everything I write with a huge grain of salt.)
An easy way to tell the M1840 from the M1860 is that the M1840 has a flat spine/back of blade, and the M1860 has a rounded spine. Thanks for the video, it was fun!
As a 24 year old with a short attention span, you managed to add a little fun to this and kept me intrigued the whole way. Do with that info as you please 😂. Also my ears perked up when you said Chicopee MA, as I reside in MA. Not a state you hear many people mention.
First video where the cowboy survived.
"Very quiet show,about Pumpkins. That's for me peace and quite ."
I'm glad you drank the Milo's tea and refilled with water before it met that 1800's beast. Milo's is too good to waste! Great video.
This is my yearly post....Will we be getting a Red Ryder BB gun review for Christmas this year?
I'm so glad that the jug of MILO'S was empty of it's delicious contents before you used it for Sabre practice, Mr. HICKOK. 👍
I have one of those and agree that it is heavy. Those calvary soldiers must've been in some kind of shape!
A friend had a few of these. They are very heavy. Dueling would be very hard.
I feel a cross-over with my fencing instructor, Matt Easton, of Schola Gladiatoria, might be in order!
I was wondering how Hickok was going to "shoot" this, but he still found a way!
Dad had one like that the matching serial numbers on the sword and scabbard were 242
Usually had the factory's inspectors initials...(?)
(Instead of serial numbers.)
Matt Easton of Schola Gladiatoria has lots of videos on military sabers; mostly European but some American ones, as well.
As far as I know, from European naming conventions, the difference between a light cavalry saber and a heavy cavalry saber isn't the weight of the sword but whether it's carried by light cavalry or heavy cavalry. That said, I don't think we Americans had light cavalry and heavy cavalry, but just had cavalry, so the weight of the swords may be why we have both light and heavy cavalry sabers.
Something different. I love it!
Hit the gong with it🤣
Can't wait for the woods walk.
My great great (great?) grandfather fought in the civil war as a calvary man. My family still has his saber somewhere.
Amazing blade 🇺🇸 🇳🇿. Wicked looking slasher!
That's a beautiful blade.
For a second I thought I was watching the Scholagladiatoria channel. Good stuff!
We quite liked our sabres when I served in Custer's Michigan regiment during the Southern Rebellion, we used to hunt rabbits with them and occasionally rebs. Heard they stopped using them in the Indian Wars, dammed kids said they were to heavy, clunky and useless. That's no way to fight with honor
"Now that's a knife!" Hickok 45 out does Crocodile Dundee!
Not even a knife
Really nice saber. I have to admit the first thing I wondered was if it was possibly carried during the Civil war. I do envy you being able to go to Civil war battlegrounds/sites, and I'd guess having better access to artifacts from that time.
Definitely need to practice that edge alignment! Those watermelons and two liters aren't gonna cut themselves, lol!
Love the video!
Milo's sweet tea is awesome!
There was a battle where Nathan Bedford forest bout cut the head off of a union soldier those things were some kind of deadly in the right circumstances.
He thought they were silly and too noisy until his brace of pistols were empty. He used a cerimonial sword that had not been sharpened and found it to be effective. He sharpened it and carried all the time after that. It is a slashing weapon primarily. It weight is high so sword fighting is difficult but swing it is easy.
graceful looking sword. love the hand guard.
Looks can be deceiving. These heavy sabres are made for hacking and slashing from horseback while charging. Not really great for a proper sword fight on the ground. They even called them wrist breakers because of how heavy they were.
I just see the thumbnail,I wondered if he’d be chopping pumpkins and stuff with it 😂
1857 damn what a piece of history in your hand imagine the story that bLade has
Most of the 1840/1860 sabres were issued blunt (about a 1mm. edge), for safety, soldiers (troopers) insist on fooling around. They'd be field sharpened to varied degrees before battle. You don't want to get hit with a blunt one in any case, it will still do serious damage. A field sharpened on will of course be more likely to sever. The knowledgeable trooper would have theirs sharpened about a third to halfway from the tip, leaving the rest blunt for parrying an opponent if needed, that being less likely to notch the blade. Almost all cutting was done in the first third (the 'foible'). The blade thickness got progressively thinner towards the point, to aid in balance and handling, the thinner tip section also cuts better.
They knew they were about to be deployed in earnest in the UK when they received the order to 'sharpen your swords/sabres'.
So, has yours been sharpened?
Just clicked on here to see how Mr. Hickok45 would put this sword to use on his range 😊
That's a cool piece of history
Great video! Maybe for a future video you should locate a WWII Japanese katana (our boys brought countless scores of them back from the war), get a rolled-up cutting practice tatami mat and give her a few swings. Guns are endlessly entertaining, but an occasional sword thrown in makes for some pleasant variety.
Beautiful specimen
It's amazing how thick sabers are vs say a long sword. Much less tapers and balanced for anything except slashing.
There's no way I can say this without the way I'm about to so I'm just going to do it I am so fucking gealous right now he got an OG heavy cavalry Sabre respect Hickok respect
Nice to see blades get some lovin 🗡️🗡️🗡️
There is a 1913 model saber designed by General George S. Patton III when he was a second lieutenant.
I believe they also used to call the 1840 sabers "wrist breakers" and if you swing one around, you can quickly see why. BTW, when this video popped up, I thought you may have gotten this at the CW show down in Franklin, TN. I "thought" that I saw you there on Saturday, but I was negotiating a deal so I did not break away to check, ha.
I was there.
A saber keen and a saddle carbine and an Army Remington! So goes the song I Wanna Be In the Cavalry.
Nice sword, more please
Ames?
That makes this very interesting to me.
I'll have to do some further research.
Cheers!
Swords are excellent,I have training in swords by my heritage Scottish , but my favorite ones are samurai swords , they are the ones I have the most experience and able to use with confidence, not that I want any one to be that close . They are excellent for changeover from right or left and double grip 👍
Katana…
I would love to add that to my knife and sword collection
Every bone in my dutch body is in love with this.
I like this kind of content.
Hey, Manassas is very close to me. Would have been great to meet you. The Nation's Gun Show is near by.
I mean there's different models of the store but this sword isn't a very fine condition I mean just from what I can see I don't see any issues with it I would be very curious to know if it still has the final Edge to it you can tell how when people originally sharpen stuff cuz there's always I don't care what tool you ever sharpen there's always a beginning fine line to sharpening tools. This sword looks like it probably was used on Horseback or maybe on a boat or something it probably has a lot of weight so it can cut through armor cut through whatever it need to cut the wheel looks good quality made I mean it looks very very well put together
They were often used to crack skulls and break shoulders from horseback. The weight when swung from the height of being on a horse would do much damage.
None were factory/issued sharpened, that I know of...
Me and my friends actually used to dual with full tang katana style sabres... still have the scars
Now that was an Epic video!
Funny, I dreamt that someone from the world tried to give me a sword but it looked like a cheap imitation.
Then from like out of nowhere this "dude" presented me with a quality sword that flashed with brilliance and just felt awesome to wield
Nice,for any knife thrower's the Glock field knife,spring steel been throwing them for years they never break, bend ,but never break✌️
Glock junk
Muy bueno tu vídeo saludos desde Argentina
AWESOME!!!
never heard of a 'heavy caliber sabre' before
my grandpa that thought in WW2 (Poland) was a very important soldier, and when going home (R.I.P, passed away in 2009) received a sword.
kinda offtopic, kinda not.
I have the same exact saber, my grandfather gave it to me.