Daggers and Knives
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Victorian / Boer War & WW1 British Underwood London Officer’s Private Purchase, Fighting / Hunting Knife Etched To Colonel Robert Edward Myddelton-Biddulph, Chirk Castle, North Wales. 16789. - 16789 The Underwood family of London based Cutlers began their knife making heritage with Yeeling Underwood in 1791. Henry Thomas Underwood was recorded as working at 56 Haymarket between 1822 until his death in 1860. The family business continued making knives marked ‘Underwood’ until 1925 when the company ceased trading. Colonel Robert Edward Myddelton- Biddulph, was born 1866 & died 1949. Lived at Chirk Castle, Denbighshire (the castle was built in 1295 by Roger Mortimer de Chirk, uncle of Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March as part of King Edward I's chain of fortresses across the north of Wales. It guards the entrance to the Ceiriog Valley. It was the administrative centre for the Marcher Lordship of Chirkland. The castle was bought by Sir Thomas Myddelton in 1593). Colonel Robert Edward Myddelton- Biddulph was the son of Richard Myddelton and Catherine Arabella Howard. He married Lady Violet Nevill, daughter of William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny and Caroline Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, on 19 August 1898. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.) He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) He lived at Chirk Castle, Denbighshire, Wales. His Military Service is recorded:- Lt. in Royal Welsh Fusiliers – 1885, Major with Royal Filed Artillery 1917,Lt. Col 1921.He served France and Egypt.He was awarded 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals. This is Colonel Robert Edward Myddelton-Biddulph’s private purchase fighting / hunting knife which he would no doubt have carried through the Boer War & WW1. The heavy knife has undamaged polished horn scales secured to the tang by brass pins. It has a 5 ¾” single edged drop point blade which has just light staining consistent with age and measures 10 ¼” overall length. The blade is marked crown VR (Victoria Regina) and with manufacturer detail ‘Underwood 56 Haymarket London’. The back edge of the blade has an etched panel ‘R.E.M Biddulph Chirk Castle N. Wales’. The knife has its original undamaged, open top brown leather scabbard with stitched rear seam and belt loop. The loop has an old leather cord attached which has obviously been with the scabbard for many years. The price for this knife worthy of further research regarding the Officer who owned it includes UK delivery. Sn 16789. £825.00 |
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Early 20th Century Fagan Sheffield Bowie Knife with Pressed Horn Hilt & Scabbard. Sn 18132. - 18132 This is an attractive early 20th Century bowie. The 10 ¾” long, bowie has a solid pressed horn hilt. It has a brass finger guard with ball finials and 6 ¼” single edged, bowie blade. On one side it is marked at the ricasso ‘’Fagan Sheffield Made’ (most likely W.H.Fagan and Son Sheffield). The reverse has ‘Sheffield England’ and etched foliate decoration. Its original brown leather scabbard has an integral belt loop and retaining strap with press stud fastener. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are intact. The price for this bowie worthy of further research regarding the maker includes UK delivery. Sn 18132 £375.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (04/03) Victorian George Beardshaw Sheffield ‘Texas Bowie’ Knife With Stag Antler Hilt & Scabbard. Sn 19054. - 19054 George Beardshaw was a Sheffield cutler based in Spitalfield Place & Mardcus Street from C1845 to 1881 when his son also George entered the business and the Company became Beardshaw & son. George Senior died in 1884 and his son continued the business until his own death in 1914 aged 56 yrs (see page 70 of Tweedale’s Directory of Sheffield Cutlers 2nd Edition). This is an excellent Victorian era bowie by George Beardshaw. The 12” long, bowie has a solid curved stag antler hilt with steel pommel cap. It has a brass finger guard and 6 ¾” single edged, steel bowie blade with scalloped back edge. On one side the blade is marked by the maker ‘G. Beardshaw Cast Steel’ below Crown VR (Victoria Regina). The reverse has banner with ‘Texas Bowie’. The blade has areas of staining consistent with age. Its original open top leather scabbard has a rear belt loop. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19054. £0.00 |
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David North Of Killamarsh Sheffield England Hand Tooled Spear Point Bowie Knife With Leather Scabbard. ED 2188. - ED 2188 David North of Killamarsh Sheffield is a manufacturer of quality knives and one of the last 'Cottage Cutlers' to come out of Sheffield. This hand tooled Bowie was made by David North. The spear point steel blade with medial ridge is 5 ½” long. The knife measures 10 ¼” overall length. The ricasso is crisply stamped 'David North Sheffield England'. The knife has a brass cross guard with hand tooled decoration, ornate ferrule and pommel. Its ivorine grip is undamaged. The knife has its original hand made leather scabbard with integral belt loop and retaining strap with press stud fastener. Price includes UK delivery. ED 2188 £475.00 |
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Victorian Scottish T. Chapman Glasgow Spear Point Bowie Knife With Stag Horn Hilt & Scabbard German Silver Fittings. Sn 16150. - 16150 This is a very good Victorian era spear point Bowie. The 13 ½” long, Bowie has a solid curved stag horn hilt with polished horn pommel cap. It has a steel finger guard holed for scabbard retaining clip and an 8 ¼”single edged, spear point steel blade, on one side it is marked at the ricasso ‘T. Chapman Glasgow’. The blade is undamaged and has staining consistent with age. Its original brown leather scabbard has a nickel silver throat mount with belt bar, scabbard retaining clip which functions as it should & chape. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 16150. £745.00 |
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South East Asian ‘Dha’ with Polished Bone Handle and Scabbard. ED 2703. - ED 2703 A Dha (Burmese; also spelled dah) is the Burmese word for "knife" and "sword" similar term to daab or darb (Thai) in Thai language for a single edge sword. The term dha is conventionally used to refer to a wide variety of knives and swords used by many people across Southeast Asia, especially present day Myanma (Burma), Thailand, Yunnan, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. This example has a blade length of 17 ¾ cm (28 ½ cm overall) which has some light staining conducive with its age. The handle is polished bone with no pommel. There is no finger guard below the wire bound silver coloured quillon. The blade has no markings on any side including the spine. The wooden/Bamboo scabbard is bound with plaited twine and flat to the base. This is a lovely ‘Dha’ and scabbard and would adorn any collectors cabinet. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2703. (Drawers) £245.00 |
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1899 Dated Abdul Karim Maker Spear Point Bowie Knife For An Indian Army Officer Signed With Gun Stock Quality Antique Ivory Hilt & Silver Mounted Scabbard With Retaining Clip. Sn 18267. - 18267 This is an original late Victorian Spear Point Bowie Knife For An Indian Army Officer . It has an 8” flattened diamond section spear point blade, incised on the forte with the intials GC and SI either side of a crown over a pair of large Gothic initials SR over a further set of initials PS and the date '99 (1899), the other side of the forte incised ABDULKARIM MAKER. It has very finely chequered antique ivory grips of gun stock quality and German silver oval finger guard with ferrule. It is contained in its silver mounted velvet wrapped wooden scabbard with spring clip which fastens to the finger guard of the knife when sheathed and retains it securely in the scabbard. The velvet is intact but one side has lost some of its colour over time. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 18267 (Ivory Content Comprises Less Than 5% Volume & Weight). 18267. £950.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (04/03) Victorian Henry Thomas Underwood London Spear Point Bowie Knife With Stag Horn Handle & Leather Scabbard With Hilt Retaining Clip To WW1 Captain Stephen Mitchell, Scottish Fife & Forfar Yeomanry Later MP For Lanark. ED 2424 - ED 2424 The Underwood family of London based Cutlers began their knife making heritage with Yeeling Underwood in 1791. Henry Thomas Underwood was recorded as working at 56 Haymarket between 1822 until his death in 1860. The family business continued making knives marked ‘Underwood’ until 1925 when the company ceased trading. Stephen Mitchell (10 March 1884 – 7 June 1951) was a Scottish Unionist politician who sought change through unity. Educated at Loretto School and Jesus College, Cambridge, he served as a Major with the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, including service in World War I. He was a Director of Imperial Tobacco. Mitchell was Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Lanark from 1924 until 1929. Mitchell also was a Member of the Royal Company of Archers and was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1945-1946. A copy of a contemporary photo portrait of Stephen Mitchell MP is illustrated in image 3. This is an excellent spear point Bowie Knife made by Henry Thomas Underwood With Scabbard Marked to Capt Stephen Mitchell of the Fife & Forfar Yeomanry, no doubt carried by him as a private purchase fighting knife during WW1. The knife and scabbard are similar to those described and illustrated on pages 182 & 184 of ‘The London Knife Book 1820-1945’ by Flook). It has a clean, sharp, 8” long polished steel spear point blade with medial ridge. The knife measures 13 ¼” overall. One side of the blade is marked with partially visible ‘Crown VR’ (Victoria Regina) above maker detail ‘Underwood 56 Haymarket London’. It has a German Silver, ferrule & cross guard holed for scabbard retaining clip and attractive, undamaged, curved Stag horn handle with German Silver pommel cap. The Bowie has its original brown leather scabbard. The rear of the scabbard has a stitched seam and single belt loop. The throat has a steel scabbard retaining clip which works as it should and keeps the Bowie securely in its scabbard. All stitching & leather of the scabbard are intact. The body of the scabbard has period ink handwriting ‘Captain Stephen Mitchell, Fife & Forfar Yeomanry’. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2424 £0.00 |
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Victorian Era G. Burley, Burgess Street (Sheffield) Cutlery Hilt Drop Point Bowie Knife Blade numbered ‘3557’ & Scabbard. ED 2473 - ED 2473 A Victorian cutlery handled, Bowie knife & brown leather scabbard. The knife has a typical Victorian era cast, pot metal, cutlery form handle decorated with ornate scrolls. The cast hilt has an integral ornate finger guard. The 7 ¾” long, steel drop point blade has areas of staining consistent with age and use. The knife measures 13 ¼” overall. The blade is numbered ‘3557’ and has manufacturer detail ‘G. Burley, Burgess Street’ (internet resources indicate a George Burley pocket knife cutler is recorded in the Robinson’s Directory Of Sheffield 1797). The dark brown open top leather scabbard has a single belt loop to the rear. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are intact. This Bowie is worthy of further research re the maker. The price includes UK delivery.ED 2473 £575.00 |
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**MINT**SCARCE PATTERN**J.E. Middleton & Sons Sheffield Spear Point Bowie Knife with Ivorine Hilt & Ornate Brass Fittings. Sn 19289:19 - 19289:19 Throughout the 1970’s and 1990’s the famous Sheffield cutlers J.E. Middleton & his sons Ron & Roy specialised in producing quality classic English & American design Bowies at their Rockingham Street, Sheffield premises. This is a near mint, scarce pattern Middleton knife. It has a pristine 8 ¾” polished steel spear point dagger blade with medial ridge. The knife measures 14 ¾” overall length. The blade is stamped ‘J.E Middleton & Sons Rockingham Street Sheffield’. It has a brass finger guard with scalloped edge decoration. The undamaged ivorine hilt has an ornate clamshell form brass pommel It is complete with its near mint brown leather open top scabbard with brass riveted belt loop. All stitching & leather of the scabbard are intact. The price for this rare knife in near mint condition includes UK delivery. Sn 19289:19 £595.00 |
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