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 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.