A striking and highly individual large Bowie knife with strong Southern character, an unusual New Orleans ironworks marking, and an excellent carved bone grip—an appealing and evocative piece with real presence for the collector of American edged weapons.
Unusual M.C. Lilley Bowie knife engraved to a purported 1907 Bristol Tennessee Klan convention, complete with original KKK-tooled leather scabbard—an evocative and controversial piece of American fraternal history.
A highly characterful and historically resonant piece—combining Imperial Russian military manufacture, Crimean War capture, British regimental association, and period Bowie-style conversion—representing a true “transitional artifact” between two military cultures.
A large and impressive Civil War–era style Sheffield Bowie knife marked “Alexander Sheffield”, with bone grip, mother-of-pearl inlay and decorative leather scabbard — an eye-catching example of the famous Sheffield export Bowies associated with the American frontier and Civil War period.
*British, Mid-20th Century, Sheffield Bowie Hunting–Fighting Knife, with Original Leather Sheath* A classic Sheffield-made Bowie-style knife, likely dating to the