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Until recently, there has been little attention paid to the design and crafting of quality displays for US Military swords and Navy Cutlasses.
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Beginning with the onset of the Civil War, the need for Military Swords and Navy Cutlasses increased tremendously.
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But the big Grand Am had a mystique that was lacking from the more common Darts, Valiants and Cutlasses.
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But the big Grand Am had a mystique that was lacking from the more common Darts, Valiants and Cutlasses.
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Such was the conventional wisdom in the 1960\'s when GM churned out Chevelles, Camaros, Cutlasses, Catalinas, and Cadillacs by the millions.
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Cutlasses chopped down, swords stabbed, pikes ripped at frightened men, but suddenly the enemy was melting away, running, because the panicked Spaniards had thrown open the fort's gate and were fleeing across the moonlit heath of the headland.
Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992
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Cutlasses chopped down, swords stabbed, pikes ripped at frightened men, but suddenly the enemy was melting away, running, because the panicked Spaniards had thrown open the fort's gate and were fleeing across the moonlit heath of the headland.
Sharpe's Devil Cornwell, Bernard 1992
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Cutlasses, knives, and at one side, what appeared to be the kitchen, were numerous pots and kettles of various sizes and descriptions, nearly all of them of copper.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns Roger Thompson Finlay
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Cutlasses should not be drawn nor bayonets fixed until ordered, and, in moving from one part of the deck to another, should be sheathed, to avoid accidents.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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Cutlasses were looked after, pistols cleaned and loaded and muskets set out for close firing.
The Black Buccaneer 1934
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