Ohio Arms, Armor and Weapons

Antique 1944 World War II United States Marine Corps hospital corpsman bolo knife / machete. Round tipped bolo style blade marked USMC Chatillon, N.Y. Simple wood handle with three brass rivets. Brown leather scabbard with copper / brass top, leather loop and M-1910 brass belt hanger...

Late 20th century 6 foot long Javelin spear. 440 Stainless steel leaf shaped tip on a natural wood branch wrapped with leather cord and decorated with red grosgrain ribbons. Dimensi...

Vintage Adirondak Pro Ring number 302, Ken Landreaux Big Stick Flame Treated wooden baseball bat with brass plaque “To Commemorate the 51st All Star Game Dodger Stadium Los Angeles, ...

Antique 17th century Italian gunner’s stiletto featuring a triangular blade marked with incremented markings for measuring cannon bores / powder levels. Turned iron pommel, bolster, and cross guard, flanking a wooden grips, decorated with grooves once sporting wire inlays and accented with round amber beads. Particularly suited for thrusting, was often a gunner's last line of defense after the cannon and other arms available to the gun crew had been used. The triangular blades were often engraved with graduated markings and numbers. These divisions gave the gunner a means of measuring a gun bore and calibre of the ball, the ability to calculate distances, among other tasks. “First developed in Italy, the stiletto dates from the late 1400s, and is thought to be a development of the rondel dagger or misericordia, a needle-pointed weapon with a narrow blade designed primarily for thrusting, though possessing cutting edges.[6][7] Early stilettos normally used a one-piece cast-metal handle which was shaped and turned on a lathe. The stiletto blade was usually hammer-forged into a dense rod with a narrow, triangular cross section, without any sharpened edges. However, other examples of the period have emerged bearing round, square, or diamond cross sections. The Italian word ""stiletto"" comes from the Latin stilus,[8] the thin pointed Roman writing instrument used to engrave wax or clay tablets in ancient times. The stiletto began to gain fame during the late Middle Ages, when it was the secondary weapon of knights.[9] Originally designed as a purely offensive weapon, the stiletto was used to finish off a fallen or severely wounded heavily armored opponent. The needle-like blade could easily penetrate most mail or find its way through gaps in a knight's plate armor, and was narrow enough to pass through the eye slits of the helmeted knight. A severely wounded opponent, who was not expected to survive, would be given a ""mercy strike"" (French coup...

Antique English circa 1850’s copper and brass powder flask horn by James Dixon & Sons, featuring a molded motif of hanging game (rabbin / pheasant / duck / birds) and an adjustable d...

Antique mid 19th century percussion flintlock pocket pistol by Newman of Cork, Ireland featuring octagonal barrel housed in a walnut grip with inset metal mounts, trigger guard and h...

Antique early 20th century / World War I French leather ammunition / artillery officer / military gendarmerie pouch / cartridge box. Tobacco.

Vintage reproduction medieval style battle axe with a long black wood handle studded decoratively with nails and accented with chain.  

Vintage L.H. Smith miniature Frank Wesson swivel barrel two shot derringer pin fire cap gun and velvet lined walnut case marked “L.H. Smith 5.” Includes full ...

Pair of antique brass horse stirrups in the style of the Spanish Conquistadors, decorated with a European re-imagining of an Aztec or Mayan figure...

Mk15 mod 4 military Practice bomb, circa mid 20th century. These were originally filled with water and sand used by the Navy for target practice. Impact ...

A vintage shooting target from the famed Quantico law enforcement training and research center in Virginia. Taken by an agent and mounted in a satin blac...