LARGE UNMARKED EARLY BOWIE KNIFE WITH BRASS SHEATH.

LARGE UNMARKED EARLY BOWIE KNIFE WITH BRASS SHEATH. Large early heavy Bowie with 12-1/8″ severe clip point blade, almost 18″ overall, with 2-7/16″ blade width at widest point which is 1/4″ thick. It has a deep ricasso with 1/4″ thick “S” shaped iron handguard with flat ball quillions and a massive crown stag handle in serpentine shape fitted over tang with three copper rivets. Opening in toe & bottom of stag handle has a Bondo-type gray filler. Accompanied by its orig brass sheath which is made of two pieces of molded brass, soldered together on edge seams. It has its orig buffalo hide frog held to sheath with two copper studs on front. This knife is very similar to the dust cover illustration of the book Classic Bowie Knives, Abels, which later was sold from the famous Charlie Schreiner, III collection in March of 1992. The Abels knife and this knife are almost identical with slightly different handguards and a silver-plated tin sheath on Abels knife, whereas this one is brass. These large blacksmith-made knifes were prevalent on frontier, not only for fighting but were tools for everyday living. They were a formidable weapon in hands of a skilled fighting man and substituted readily for an axe or digging tool as well as for dressing game. CONDITION: Blade shows recent sharpening, otherwise has a semi-cleaned weathered patina with moderate to heavy pitting which also extends to handguard & tang. Stag handle shows moderate wear with some fine patina on exposed steel. Copper rivets are a very dark blackish patina. Brass scabbard is a dark mustard patina with a couple of small openings on top edge and another on bottom. Frog is stiff & dry, slightly shrunken and appears to have been re-stitched in recent years. 4-31109 JR422 (5,000-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1352	$0.00	LARGE UNMARKED EARLY BOWIE KNIFE WITH BRASS SHEATH. Large early heavy Bowie with 12-1/8″ severe clip point blade, almost 18″ overall, with 2-7/16″ blade width at widest point which is 1/4″ thick. It has a deep ricasso with 1/4″ thick “S” shaped iron handguard with flat ball quillions and a massive crown stag handle in serpentine shape fitted over tang with three copper rivets. Opening in toe & bottom of stag handle has a Bondo-type gray filler. Accompanied by its orig brass sheath which is made of two pieces of molded brass, soldered together on edge seams. It has its orig buffalo hide frog held to sheath with two copper studs on front. This knife is very similar to the dust cover illustration of the book Classic Bowie Knives, Abels, which later was sold from the famous Charlie Schreiner, III collection in March of 1992. The Abels knife and this knife are almost identical with slightly different handguards and a silver-plated tin sheath on Abels knife, whereas this one is brass. These large blacksmith-made knifes were prevalent on frontier, not only for fighting but were tools for everyday living. They were a formidable weapon in hands of a skilled fighting man and substituted readily for an axe or digging tool as well as for dressing game. CONDITION: Blade shows recent sharpening, otherwise has a semi-cleaned weathered patina with moderate to heavy pitting which also extends to handguard & tang. Stag handle shows moderate wear with some fine patina on exposed steel. Copper rivets are a very dark blackish patina. Brass scabbard is a dark mustard patina with a couple of small openings on top edge and another on bottom. Frog is stiff & dry, slightly shrunken and appears to have been re-stitched in recent years. 4-31109 JR422 (5,000-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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