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W. Butcher Sheffield "Dog Bone" Style Bowie Knife with Sheath.. ...
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Description
W. Butcher Sheffield "Dog Bone" Style Bowie Knife with Sheath.Having a 8 3/4-inch clip-point blade with Spanish notch. Ricasso marked: W (crown) R / W. BUTCHER / SHEFFIELD. Dark wooden handle fastened by four pins. Large rectangle escutcheon to each panel. German silver mounts. Contained in associated lightly tooled leather scabbard.14-inches in overall length [out of scabbard].
Note: W.R. and [crown] Royal cipher fabrication attributed to reign of King William the IV.
Note: see The Bowie Knife, Unsheathing an American Legend by Norm Flayderman for similar examples and information regarding Butcher knives; pages 270 and 271.
Condition: Good. Overall showing signs of handling wear, age and patches of pitting. Noticeable wood loss to one panel. Scattered cracking and thread loss present to leather. Collection of a Southern Gentleman.
Auction Info
2023 June 19 Arms & Armor, Civil War & Militaria Signature® Auction #6271 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
June, 2023
19th
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