A very impressive pair of American Saw Handled Dueling Pistols.  These guns have 9 inch barrels with overall lengths of 14 inches.  They are .60 caliber, smooth bore with single set triggers, all of which conforms to the Code Duello.  The barrels are fine twist steel with gold bands and delicate engraving at the breech.  The locks, hammers, trigger guards and butt caps are all delicately engraved.  The locks are marked J. Cooper and the barrels are marked Joseph Cooper, New York.  The ramrods are German silver tips on ebony with brass ends, mounted with a worm and cap.  The nose caps, wedge escutcheons and butt caps are German silver.  The wood is highly figured with finely checkered grips and retains almost all of its original finish.  The barrels and locks have been lightly cleaned and there are considerable traces of original blue on the trigger guards.  The tip of the saw handle extension on one gun appears to be either cracked and put back or replaced.  Either way, it was a masterful job.  I have an American figured walnut case, which has no lining but would properly case these guns.  The flask is period and the scissors mold looks to be about the right caliber.  The barrels on these guns have English proofs on their bottoms.  Whether Cooper imported the guns or just the barrels, I don't know.  Nevertheless, they are American Dueling Pistols of the highest quality, which are hard to come by.   SOLD!!