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THBCaptured Confederate Bowie Knife With Inscribed Scabbard
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6270 Este Ave.
Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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About Auction
LiveFeb 21, 2017 - Feb 22, 2017
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- Lot Description
14.5 in. clip point bowie blade with 5 in. false edge and 1.625 in. wide at the widest point. 19.5 in. in overall length. 3.25 in. oval iron cross guard. One -piece, swelled oval wood grip with pewter ferrule and flat iron pommel cap. Tin mounted leather scabbard inscribed in period script: Some of the famous cold steel we Yankees didn't feel on the obverse and Found in a deserted Rebel camp near Manassas on the reverse. This exact knife is pictured and discussed on p. 204 of Norm Flayderman's The Bowie Knife: Unsheathing an American Legend.
Provenance: N. Flayderman and Co., Inc.Good overall relic condition, as would be expected of an early battlefield pick up. Knife blade has a dark brown patina with scattered light to moderate pitting. The knife blade shows numerous dings and chips along the cutting edge and the very point of the blade is broken off. The cross guard is rusty. The wood grip shows a couple of deep longitudinal cracks as well as a couple of minor chips, along with the expected dents and dings from handling, use and being recovered from a battlefield. The scabbard is about good, with much of the original leather finish flaking off and part of the reverse missing some leather where the belt loop was affixed. Missing the drag. Tin throat with a dull patina.Condition
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