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     Columbus, Georgia sword makers Louis and Elijah Haiman operated one of the largest and quite possibly the largest sword manufactory within the Southern Confederacy.  They are well known for their high quality officer’s swords, but recently discovered evidence shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that they produced thousands of cavalry sabers like the one shown here.

     All of Haiman’s Cavalry Swords are nearly identical, thus are easily recognizable.  All have the distinct forging fault at the ricasso; this fault was made be the tang being formed by a drop hammer forming the blade’s tang.  All have the same style grip tapering down from basket to pommel covered in leather or oilcloth.  It is usually wrapped with a single strand of iron wire, though there are some rare examples wrapped with a doubled, small gauge copper wire or with a twisted double strand brass wire.  Notice also the distinctive scabbard.  All have the exaggerated lapped seam, wide brass mounts, iron carrying rings, flat topped iron throat and an iron drag.

     The example shown here is the exceedingly rare model with a twisted brass wire over leather grip wrap.  It has the most pronounced blade fault I have ever seen.  The blade is bright and nick free.  It is completely original and flawless.  It is still sheathed in its original, flawless Haiman scabbard. 

     This is the very finest; it would be impossible to find a better, untouched, all original example.