December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
Overall length inclusive of haft and head is 96 ¼ inches; the head is 10 7/8 x 2 inches and consists of an elliptical blade emanating from a conical socket base. One flat of the blade is stamped “L H WATTS NEW YORK". An interesting example that, by its form, may have begun life as a blubber knife and was later reforged as a whaling lance or perhaps boarding pike—probably by a ship’s blacksmith. Lewis H. Watts was a tool maker working in New York City from c. 1843-1855, based on city directories.