Louis Bissonnet Confederate Officer Sword with Brian Akins.

[00:00:00]Hey everybody, Brian Eakins. We're in windy Oklahoma. As you can tell by this big cool ass tree.

[00:00:07]Picked up a sword on the way out here.

[00:00:10]Uh Got the magic letters CS in the oval there on the brass hilt.

[00:00:17]Unstop fuller.

[00:00:20]Still got the original throat washer.

[00:00:24]Got that little flower design around the uh base of the hilt and the washer.

[00:00:31]Up underneath we got the wreath with the CS and oval.

[00:00:38]This is one of my favorite swords. Uh I remember you know long time ago these were strictly Leech & Rigdon. Then somebody thought they may have been James Conning. And then there's been a couple I just sold one the other day that I found in the wild. Sold it to a dealer. He couldn't get the etching out.

[00:00:55]So I bought it back from him but it says made by Bissonnet.

[00:00:59]Did he make the whole sword? Heck, I don't know. Did he buy parts from Leech & Rigdon and James Conning? He put them together.

[00:01:06]I don't know. I wasn't there. But anyway, I do love this sword.

[00:01:11]Got its original scabbard.

[00:01:14]Seams right down the middle there like it's supposed to be.

[00:01:20]Blade's been cleaned but hey, it may have been ugly.

[00:01:24]I don't see any if it had etching I don't see any left.

[00:01:29]But it's a solid sword.

[00:01:31]No wobble.

[00:01:33]Scabbard's a little salty.

[00:01:37]But hey, uh you see a little bit of a opening there in the leather.

[00:01:41]I'll try to get some pictures out here before we get back out on the road.

[00:01:44]Maybe I can get this bad boy on Rebel Relics tonight. Uh Bissonnet was living in Texas. I think he was originally from France in like 1860. I don't think he got the mobile till around late 61 62 beginning of 62 so you only had about a year to put swords together in my opinion what I've put together so this is a rare sword guys I believe she is a busy day mobile Alabama and it'll be on Rebel Relics tonight and we're headed to Santa Fe New Mexico for the Native American show I'm Brian Akins rebelrelix.com see you