GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
EXTREMELY RARE & FINE EARLY AMERICAN SILVER MOUNTED GUARDLESS "COFFIN HILT" BOWIE KNIFE IN ORIGINAL SCABBARD.Very few of these 1830 vintage American Bowie's exist. This example is fresh from a Kentucky estate and new to market. It is in beautiful condition retaining much of its orig polish & tool marks to blade. The tooled red Moroccan scabbard is beautifully fit with identical silver mounts to those of knife. Knife measures just over 10-1/2" overall with 6-1/4" clip-point blade with 2-1/2" beveled clip-point. Wood grip is totally wrapped in silver trim retained by silver pins and wood is attached to tang with 4 iron pins. This is no doubt among the very finest early American made Bowie knife extant. SIZE: CONDITION: Very fine overall. Silver wrap is slightly loose on one side where one retaining pin is missing. There are several dings, dents & scratches on about a 1" area of this silver strip. Wood grip shows fine hand worn patina with some small scratches & bruises. Blade retains most of its orig polish with areas of staining & pitting. Scabbard is sound and solid with some loose stitching and scuffing to high areas. Silver scabbard mounts and silver mounts to grip have identical grey/silver patinas. 49526-1 JS (20,000-30,000)