bayonet candle holder on ebay...

[ewtaylor]

very interesting:

http://cgi.ebay.com/TWO-M1854-LORENZ-SOCKET-BAYONET-CANDLESTICKS-AfA_W0QQitemZ190091769574QQcategoryZ36037QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

everett taylor

[Rebbeh]

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what a waste of 6 bayonets... :(:cry_smile

[J.H.Berger]

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If only they had not cut grooves in the bayonets! I would buy them, straighten them and harden them again!

[Blackhatter1]

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The M1854 Lorenz was an early weapon used by the 7th Wisconsin as well as some other Federal units. Company I of the 7th is seen carrying these weapons in the much published photo taken on Stafford Heights across the Rappahannock from Fredericksburg.

[BobbyHughes]

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Now thats a crying shame...:cry_smile

[GreencoatCross]

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Ah, come on guys, those things are kind of cool!

Brian White
Wambaugh, White, & Co.

https://www.wwandcompany.com

[Vuhginyuh]

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This is not a modern fabrication or modern trend. I don’t need to tell a soul here about the significance of Trench or POW art. This is similar and the stuff was wildly popular before the end 19th century.

Locally, there is a stack of five ’63 Springfields in the home of an early 19th century NC Judge, all welded together and made into a lamp stand. Another residence has ’42 bayonets made into wall sconces. If have wrought iron & 3.3 Read projectile bookends that my great-grandfather bought down at the Rockets flea market in Richmond in the 1920’s.

[maineman]

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Gruess Gott Herr Berger,

I think in your signature quote, you mean Deutsche (plural) vs. Deutsch ( singular)
Ich bin Deutsch Die Deutsche Volk

[toptimlrd]

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Gruess Gott Herr Berger,

I think in your signature quote, you mean Deutsche (plural) vs. Deutsch ( singular)
Ich bin Deutsch Die Deutsche Volk

Actually Herr Berger is correct if my poor German is correct. If I translate it right it states "Who can read this? A German can."

[Hank Trent]

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Actually Herr Berger is correct if my poor German is correct. If I translate it right it states "Who can read this? A German can."

Hmm... I would agree it's right, but was reading it differently.

Wer dies lesen kann, kann Deutsch!

Whoever can read this, can (be) German.

But that's from high school German years ago.

All right, Jan. Help us out!

On the original topic, we had a book from the 1920s full of craft projects, and it included numerous uses for helmets, from birdbaths to who-knows-what. The helmets of course were available after World War I. I wonder if there was a similar surplus of bayonets post-Civil War that were used for other projects?

Hank Trent
hanktrent@voyager.net

[toptimlrd]

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Hmm... I would agree it's right, but was reading it differently.

Wer dies lesen kann, kann Deutsch!

Whoever can read this, can (be) German.

But that's from high school German years ago.

All right, Jan. Help us out!

On the original topic, we had a book from the 1920s full of craft projects, and it included numerous uses for helmets, from birdbaths to who-knows-what. The helmets of course were available after World War I. I wonder if there was a similar surplus of bayonets post-Civil War that were used for other projects?

Hank Trent
hanktrent@voyager.net

Good call Hank, I may have misread it.

Also on the topic, I have seen many "folk art" uses of military surplus over the years including sconces made of bayonets, muskets used as decorations on furniture, etc. Much of this was likely made following the war and upon the obsoletion of said weapons. Think of it this way, we make whimsical paperweights out of demilitarized pineapple grenades today because they are plentiful, cheap, and dreadfully common. In a century or so, living historians may look back on this with complete horror and be incensed that we would use such an artifact in such a way. Of course to use original Lorenz bayonets to make such an article today would be ridiculous.

[swampyankee76]

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I would have to agree. It's a fine piece of folk art but... its very depressing to look at.:(