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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

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

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

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

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

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

**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

WW1 & Inter War Era German DEMAG Trench Fighting Knife & Scabbard. ED 20188 - 20188
An original WW1 & inter war German Fighting / Trench Knife & Scabbard (similar form German trench knives are illustrated in Chapter 4 of Stephens’ book ‘Fighting Knives’, we cannot find an exact match). The knife has a single edge 143mm steel blade & an overall length of 250mm. The blade is undamaged and has just light staining consistent with age. The ricasso is maker marked DEMAG which is Deutsche Maschinefabrik A-G of Duisburg above DRGM (German Deutsches Reichsgebrauchsmuster patent mark). The undamaged smooth wooden scales are secured with steel rivets. It has a blued oval cross guard. The scabbard is metal, has no dents and has period green paint. The scabbard has a frog bar. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 20188
£375.00

**RARE, ONE OF ONLY 1400** British WD Military Issue 1951 Contract WSC (Wilkinson Sword Company) Kukri With Scabbard, Uniform Collection & 1944 Mess Presentation Tankard All To Lt R.T. Gibson 152 Indian Punjab Parachute Battalion. ED 2702 - ED 2702
This is a rare to find Wilkinson Sword Military issue Kukri. Wilkinson made only 1400 of these Kukris in 1951 (see page 124 of British & Commonwealth Military Knives by Flook) and a collection of Uniform to Lt R.T. Gibson (Mentioned In Despatches) 152 Punjab Parachute Battalion together with a 1944 dated white metal tankard presented by the Officer to his mess. These Kukris made in the traditional style to a high quality with the only unusual feature being a plated pommel cap. The sturdy military grade weapon is 16” overall with a wood scales which have raised bands and brass rivets. The curved 12” blade has the distinctive Kukri ‘notch’ near to the hilt. The blade has staining consistent with age. One side of the blade is correctly marked ‘51’ (1951) over ‘WSC’ (Wilkinson Sword Company). The scabbard made of wood is covered in black leather and has an integral frog. It has a blackened brass chape. The scabbard has just light surface wear consistent with age and use. The uniform consists of 2 Jackets, One Dress Waist Coat, 3 Pairs Of Trousers, all clean with all original zips, KC buttons and insignia. One jacket has a campaign ribbon mounter with Oak leaf indicating the Officer was mentioned in Despatches during his service. The uniform is UK small man’s size. Some of the Uniform has maker labels (illustrated). The Tankard is white metal and stands at 6 ¼” height. The tankard has a glass bottom. The metal has some small dents consistent with age. The body of the tankard has a 1944 dated presentation inscription (illustrated in the Images) together with engraved Para jump wings. The price for this collection with rare Kukri worthy of further research regarding the Officer includes UK delivery. ED 2702 (Staff note in box store room bottom shelf)
£2,500.00

Burmese ‘Dha’ (Knife) with Bamboo Scabbard. ED 2701. - ED 2701
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 18 cm (29 ¾ cm overall). The handle is bound in a brass coloured wire, topped with a brass coloured pommel. There is no finger guard. The blade has Asian markings to each side including the spine. The bamboo scabbard is bound with plaited twine. This is a lovely ‘Dha’ and scabbard and would adorn any collectors cabinet. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2701.
£245.00
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