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WW1, 1918 U.S. Army, Au Lion knuckle-duster dagger, Trench / Fighting Knife & Scabbard. Sn - 23099
In 1917 several designs were submitted to the U.S. Ordnance Department for a new fighting knife. The design by Henry Diston & Sons, Philadelphia was chosen over others. The French company Générale d’Armes de St-Étienne, popularly known as Au Lion was already casting brass guard knives. The US government contracted the company to produce under licence the American 1918 trench knife. This is an excellent original example of the 1918 Trench/ Fighting Knife. The blade is 8 1/2 inches long, extremely robust with a razor sharp double edge. The ricasso is stamped with the lion motif over AULION. The brass knuckle bow is crisply stamped US (Army) 1918. The knife is contained in its original steel scabbard which is stamped at the throt LF.&C. 18 (Landers Frary & Clark 1918). The scabbard has two belt attachment lugs held on by 2 copper rivets to the scabbard. The knife and scabbard are in excellent condition. The price for this scarce knife with a production of only 22000 pieces includes UK delivery.(American Knives Box). Sn 23099
£1,475.00

**MATCHING**WW2 U.S.M.C. Collins & Co Legitimus No.18 V-44 Combat / Survival Bowie Knife With 2 Tone (Green & Tortoise Shell Hue) Polished Horn Scales & Collins & Co Legitimus No.18 Scabbard. Sn 23098 - 23098
An excellent original WW2 United States V-44 Legitimus Combat and Survival Bowie knife by Collins & Co (see page 67 of Stephen’s book ‘Fighting Knives ‘ and plate 322 which illustrates a Collins & Co Legitimus No.18 mark the same as our example). Officially a survival knife, the U.S. Marine Corps used them as a fighting knife against the Japanese. It is a large knife measuring 14” overall length and with undamaged 2 tone polished horn scales secured by 5 brass rivets, one side is a nice green hue (some surface scuffs to one edge near the pommel) the other a Tortoise shell hue. It has a brass cross guard with rounded finials. The Bowie type steel blade is 9 ¼” length with drop point and twin fullers. The blade is sharp. The blade is marked with manufacturer’s mark ‘Collins & Co, Crown & trademark, Legitimus Made In U.S.A No.18’. It is accompanied by its original, correct, brown leather scabbard with riveted rear belt loop. The scabbard has tooled decoration and matching manufacturer marks (illustrated). All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23098 (American Knives box)
£675.00

**AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA**& JOHN WILKES BOOTH ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN CONNECTIONS**Manson Sheffield (Most Likely A U.S. Import Agent) German Silver Cutlery Hilt Spear Point Bowie Knife With Etched ‘EAG’ Monogram Panel Blade & Open Top Scabbard. - 23096
‘MANSON’ and ‘SHEFFIELD’ have been found stamped on Bowie knives that have survived from the American Civil War era. Several feature in the study of Civil War knives by Marc Newman (1998)1. Manson Bowies are usually plain spear-points, with occasional acid-etched patriotic slogans. One knife in Newman (and also shown on the website of Ford’s Theatre, Washington, DC) is of particular interest, because it was said to have been carried by John Wilkes Booth, when he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. It is stamped ‘MANSON / SHEFFIELD and etched: ‘AMERICA LIBERTY INDEPENDANCE ’, ‘THE LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE’. According to Dave Taylor (2013), however, that knife was more likely to have been collected from the house of Mary Surratt and that Booth’s actual weapon was a ‘Rio Grande Camp Knife’ made by Wm. Jackson & Co. Unfortunately, ‘Manson’ has proved impossible to track either in Sheffield or the US. Probably, he was an American import agent, who operated in the Civil War years. His knives belong to the same era as those produced by Westa and Wilson Swift – also unidentified makers (see Newman, Marc, Civil War Knives Boulder, Colorado, 1998, Taylor, Dave, ‘Cloak and Daggers’, Knife World (4 April 2013) & Geoffrey Tweedale, Directory of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers, 1740-2022 3rd edition). This is an original cutlery handled spear point Bowie signed Manson Sheffield, a survivor of the American Civil War era. The Bowie has a typical period cast German Silver cutlery form handle with cast foliate decoration. The hilt has an oval German Silver finger guard. The just under 6 ½” long, steel spear point blade with medial ridge has areas of staining consistent with age. One side of the blade is signed ‘Manson Sheffield’ and the reverse has a foliate etched panel with monogram that looks like ‘EAG‘ most likely the initials of the Civil war owner. The Bowie measures just under 11 ½” overall. The blade is ¾” broad at its widest. The original dark brown leather scabbard has German Silver throat mount and chape. All leather and stitching are intact with light surface wear consistent with age and handling. The price for this interesting American Civil War era Bowie includes UK delivery. Sn 23096 (Bowies Box)
£675.00

**VERY SCARCE**Vietnam War Era U.S. Patent CIA Handler Stecher Haxit Survival / Fighting Machete By Taylor Eye Witness Sheffield England & Scabbard. Sn 23083 - 23083
This is an original Stecher Haxit. These short machetes more suitable for jungle combat conditions as opposed to longer machetes were made in Sheffield England and used by U.S. CIA personnel during the Vietnam war. Our example is in excellent condition. The overall length of the machete is 16 ¼”. The correct, unusual chisel shaped blade is 9 ½” long, and 2 ½” wide at the tip. The bevelled edges are made for cutting and chopping. The blade has no damage and even aged patina. The blade has crisp markings. One edge has instructions ‘Cutting Edge’ the other ‘Chopping Edge’. The centre of the blade is marked ‘The Stecher Haxit’ and with manufacturer detail ‘Taylor Eye Witness, Sheffield, England’. Near to the hilt it is marked with U.S. Patent detail (all illustrated in the images). The wooden scales are undamaged and secured by 3 rivets. The pommel end is holed for lanyard and has leather wrist cord. Our example has its original brown leather scabbard also in excellent condition. The open top scabbard has a large belt loop with retaining strap which has a press stud fastener. The edges of the scabbard are stitched and reinforced with rivets.The tip of the scabbard is holed for thigh cord and is fitted with leather thigh cord. The price for this very scarce machete & scabbard includes UK delivery. Sn 23083 (in fs box)
£575.00

WW2 1943 US Army Ka-Bar Fighting Knife With Original USMC (United States Marine Corps) Leather Scabbard. ED 3031 - ED 3031
This is an original WW2 dated Ka-Bar fighting knife & Scabbard (see Cole’s book U.S. Military Knives Book III pages 90-94). This example is in good condition. The grip is constructed of the correct compressed smooth leather washers, correct blued steel finger guard and steel pommel. It has a 7” steel bowie blade with shallow fullers. The blade has staining consistent with age and use. One side of the blade has what looks like struck out unreadable letters, the reverse has a triangular cartouche containing lettering ‘US’ (army) & ‘43’ (1943 date). There are no visible maker marks on the knife. It is complete with its original correct leather scabbard with belt loop and retaining strap & press stud fastener. The scabbard’s leather and stitching are intact. The tip of the scabbard is holed for thigh cord. The front of the scabbard is faintly impressed ‘Ka-bar’, USMC badge and ‘USMC’. The price for this Ka-bar worthy of further research includes UK delivery. ED 3031 (American knives box)
£475.00

**SCARCE**Iner War Era Collins & Co Legitimus No.18 “Fancy” Elefante / Elephant Pommel Machete With Correct Collins & Co Legitimus Scabbard. Sn 22962 - 22962
Collins of Hartford USA began making machetes in 1845 and always assigned model numbers serially; thus the No.18 models must have been introduced, say in 1847 or 1848 after eleven other machetes, one cane knife and five axes had been produced. The No. 18 had blade lengths of 12 inches, 14 inches, and 16 inches (and 18 inches on special order). According to a 1954 Cavalier magazine article: "An American trading sea captain was having a friendly drink in a cantina in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela when he chanced to show the proprietor a deadly-looking nine-and-a-half-inch, wide-bladed, double edged sheath knife he wore in his belt. 'Como se llama?' (what is it called?) asked the proprietor, greatly impressed. 'It's called a bowie knife. I picked it up in Texas,' explained the skipper. 'Un machete pequeno,' (a little machete) exclaimed the other enthusiastically and wanted one immediately. So did several others of the local citizenry. With an eye on trade the skipper took orders. When he put in at Puerto Cortes, Honduras, he took more orders. A lot of them for animal head pommel machetes. Then he sailed back to Hartford and went to the foundry. Collins agreed to turn out the 'little machete' and they have been doing it ever since. Now the foregoing may be apocryphal, but it makes a good story. Collins continued making the No. 18 model until it sold out in 1966. A 1936 Collins Catalogue advertised their “Fancy” Elefante / Elephant handle No. 18 Machete. Collins discontinued the fancy “animal” head Machetes before the outbreak of WW2 (see Chapter 12 of Collins Machetes and Bowies 1845-1965 by D.E Henry (page 160 of the book illustrates a no.18 Elefante / Elephant handle Machete the same as ours). This example of the Collins “Fancy” Elefante / Elephant handle No. 18 Machete most likely made in the inter war era is in very good condition and is complete with its original correct Collins scabbard. It is a large knife / Machete measuring 17 ¼” overall length and with undamaged chequered hard boiled leather grips secured by German silver rivets. It has the correct cast alloy re-curving cross guard. And ‘Fancy’ Elephant head pommel all undamaged. The drop point steel blade is 12” length with drop point and correct twin fullers. The blade is just under 1 ¾” broad at its widest and the spine is 5mm thick. The blade is very sharp and has staining consistent with age. The blade is marked with manufacturer’s mark ‘Collins & Co Hartford, Crown & trademark arm with hammer, Legitimus No.18’. It is accompanied by its original, correct, brown leather scabbard with riveted rear belt loop and brass chape with ball end. The scabbard has tooled decoration and matching manufacturer marks (illustrated). All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price for this scarce Machete includes UK delivery. Sn 22962 (In Bowies box)
£545.00

Large Victorian English Sheffield Trade Export American Frontier Form, Pioneer’s Expedition Spear Point Bowie Knife / Sidearm Short Sword & Scabbard. Sn 22939 - 22939
This large Spear Point Bowie / Sidearm is in the form of those carried by pioneers in the American Frontier Era. Although there are no maker or date marks on this knife and scabbard it was most likely made in England by the Sheffield cutlery trade for export to the USA for the expanding American Frontier market. The heavy knife has a clean 12 ¼” long spear point Bowie blade which is 5mm thick and just under 2” wide at its broadest. The knife is 17 ½” overall length. This Bowie has undamaged birds head slab wood scales secured by brass pins and heavy brass finger guard. The hilt is holed for wrist strap. The knife has its black leather open top scabbard with stitched rear seam and heavy brass mounts consisting of external chape and throat mount with frog locket. The brass mounts are each secured by 2 round head brass pins, one pin is absent from the chape but the chape is totally secure. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. In its scabbard this sidearm weighs a hefty 1.050 Kg. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22939 (Bowies box)
£295.00

WW2 U.S.M.C. Collins & Co Legitimus No.18 V-44 Combat / Survival Bowie Knife With Polished Horn Scales & Scabbard. Sn 22966 - 22966
An original WW2 United States V-44 Legitimus Combat and Survival Bowie knife by Collins & Co (see page 67 of Stephen’s book ‘Fighting Knives ‘ and plate 322 which illustrates a Collins & Co Legitimus No.18 mark the same as our example). Officially a survival knife the U.S. Marine Corps used them as a fighting knife against the Japanese. It is a large knife measuring 14 ¼” overall length and with polished horn scales secured by 5 steel rivets. It has a brass cross guard with rounded finials. The Bowie type blade is 9 ½” length with drop point and twin fullers. The blade has staining consistent with age & the cutting edge is very sharp. The blade is marked with manufacturer’s mark ‘Collins & Co, Crown & trademark, Legitimus Made In USA No.18’. It is accompanied by its open top brown leather scabbard with rear riveted belt loop. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22966 (in American knives box)
£475.00

WW2 U.S.M.C. Case Cutlery (New York) V-44 Combat / Survival Bowie Knife & Scabbard. ED 3008 - ED 3008
An excellent original WW2 United States V-44 Combat and Survival Bowie knife by the New York Company Case Cutlery (see page 130 of ‘United States Military Knives Collectors Guide’ by Silvey & Boyd). Officially a survival knife the U.S. Marine Corps used them as a fighting knife against the Japanese. It is a huge knife measuring 14 ¼” in length and with a black polished horn handle secured by 3 rivets. It has a brass cross guard with ball ends. It has a 9 ¼” long, clean steel bowie blade with falchion - style tip and twin narrow fullers. The blade is 2” broad at its widest and the spine is 4mm thick. One side of the blade is crisply marked with 'Casexx' signature. It is accompanied by its brown leather scabbard with rear riveted belt loop. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are intact. There are no manufacturer marks on the scabbard. The price for this WW2 era Combat / Survival knife includes UK delivery. ED 3008 (American Knives Box)
£575.00

WW2 Early 1943 Blade Marked US Army M3 Fighting Knife By Utica & M8A1 Scabbard With Integral Frog By VP Co (Victory Plastics Company). ED 207 - ED 207
The M3 fighting knife was made for U.S. forces during 1943 and 1944. Early versions made in 1943 had their blades stamped with model designation, maker’s name and sometimes date. Later in 1944 to prevent weakening of blades the stampings were made on the knives’ guards (see M.H.Cole, ‘U.S Military Knives Bayonets and Machetes Book III’ page 95 and page 97 No 12). This is an excellent original WW2 early variant US M3 Fighting Knife with maker stamped blade & M8A1 Scabbard With Integral Frog (the M8A1 plastic scabbard evolved from the M8 scabbard which did not have the metal belt hook, see page 104 of Cole’s book). It has a clean 6 ½” parkerised steel blade with medial ridge. The blade is stamped by the manufacturer 'US M3 Utica' (Utica Cutlery USA). The correct compressed leather ringed handle is tight and undamaged. The knife is complete with its original M8A1 scabbard with integral green webbing frog which has the correct steel belt hook, single retaining strap and press stud fastener. The upper mount of the scabbard is stamped 'US M8A1' & by the manufacturer 'VP Co' (Victory Plastics Company). The green plastic body of the scabbard has cast ‘VP’ mark (Victory Plastics). The tip of the scabbard is holed for thigh cord. The price includes UK delivery. ED 207 (American knives & knife bayonets box)
£595.00
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