Captains Gear
Captain's Sword
The 1816 artillery short sword was a sidearm issued to the French foot artillery. Heavily influenced by the prevailing Neoclassical style of the day, the sword was based on ancient sculptural depictions of the Roman gladius, the standard sword of the Roman legionaries. The short sword would not have been a practical weapon for combat without a shield, but served as a fascine knife or a machete to clear fields for the guns. It also served for other practical uses, the French soldiers calling it a coupe-chou ("cabbage cutter"). It was in service until about 1870.
The model was reissued in 1831 with minor changes. Most visibly, the newer model had a ringed grip rather than the fish-scale pattern seen in the earlier model. It also provided the inspiration for the American Model 1832 Foot Artillery Sword, though the American model retained the fish-scale grip of the 1816 model.
Malken's Cane
Malken's cane was crafted by a master artisan of London in 1904. The handle of the cane is of a stylized cat's skull done in brass and it is mounted on a black wrought iron shaft cast in the Celtic knot pattern design and the base or ferrule is formed of white brass. The cane was commissioned during the supernatural killing in 1904 London. The brass cat's skull is for fighting Rakshasa, the handle being of iron is proof against the creatures of the Fae and the ferrule is actually a spring loaded shank of white brass for fighting the Uruk Rhaksha (another Indian demon).
Other Items
- Chrysoberyl Ring -- AKA: The Ring of Awareness (given away to a Setite woman in Alexandria - Clio)
- Bubastis Bracelet -- Soon to be auctioned off in Alexandria
- Sword of Dessalines -- The sword of the first and last Haitian Emperor (1806) (given away to the Assamites of Alexandria to hunt the Gallu)