GUN FALL 2016
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 4, 2016.
FINE LARGE WRAGG CLIP POINT BOWIE WITH ORIGINAL SCABBARD.13-7/8" overall with 9-3/8" clip point with stamped cyphers including early cowboy on horseback and full firm marking on ricasso "WRAGG & SONS / XLNI / FURNACE HILL / SHEFFIELD". Knife is German silver mounted, including scabbard with horn and mother of pearl pinned slab grips. This is a nice, meaty Bowie with sharpened 4" clip typical of these early American imports. SIZE: CONDITION: Very good. Blade is grey/bright with cleaning, old sharpening, staining, pitting and several nicks in cutting edge. Markings are crisp, though top line of address is only partial. Scabbard is fairly sound with old resewing at top edge where opened, scuffed, missing some veneer near tip, but overall sound, missing frog button. German silver mounts and German silver crossguard have matching silver/grey patina. 51008-7 JS (3,000-5,000)