I found out what I have!
I just wanted to stop by here and say thank you to everyone who tried to help me identify the weapon I own.
Back in May or June of 2004, I received a lot of help from members about an old pike that I purchased from John Eisenhower when he lived in my area.
Since that time, I took the pike to the curator at Valley Forge Park, and he identified it as a pike but had no further information.
Recently, I contacted a woman at the Eisenhower National Historic Site, and sent the pictures of the pike to her to forward to the curator. Today, I received a response from her telling me that the weapon is a John Brown Pike.
I only found two references to it on google, but needless to say, I'm thrilled to own an acutal piece of history! Now, I would like to learn it's value.
Would any members here know how much it's worth?
Thanks for any response!
Regards,
Karen
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