Above is a very rare example and currently part of the Pirates Lair Collection of a properly marked the Nathan Starr 1808 Contract Naval Cutlass. A scabbard was not made for this model cutlass and it was typically worn thrust through the seaman's belt. Only 1,000 were contracted for.

Examples and documentation of this specific cutlass can be found in Gilkerson's "Boarders Away" page 96. Also found on page 52 of Peterson's "The American Sword, 1775-1945". Also on page 45 of Rankin's "Small Arms of the Sea Services".

Major departure in design from the traditional double disk figure 8 hilt used by both American and British navies from the early-mid 1700s thru the French-Indian Wars and the American Revolution. The M1808 had an upturned blackend sheet metal hilt or cup guard, a perfectly round and straight turned wooden maple grip, and a straight single fullered 28.5" blade.

It cannot be stressed enought that the Nathan Starr Contract of 1808 Model M1808 Naval Cutlass was the first departure away from the double disk figure-8 pattern. Straight blade with a single fuller and maker marked on the ricasso of the 28.5" blade "N STARR" followed by and "Eagle" and the initials "US"..

US Federal Navy Nathan Starr 1808 Contract Model M1808 Naval Cutlass RARE! Museum Quality and Investment Grade - Perfect example of a Model M1808 Nathan Starr 1808 Contract Naval Cutlass fully and properly marked! The turned wooden maple grip and iron ferrules of the cutlass are in excellent condition. The first formal regulation departure from the past generations "figure 8" or dual disk cutlass used from the early-mid 1700s to the late 1790s used by both British, Colonial, and American navies. The Starr 1797 cutlass contract was the last known example of the figure 8 being used by the American navy.

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