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EW218-GERMAN SWORD BOWIEThis appears to have been a german hunting sword that was cut down into a bowie. It reportedly came out of Mexico. The Bowie style length was probably more functional to the owner at the time of the cut down. The cut down was a good job and overall it is an attractive piece. It has a stag grip, 9-1/2 inch blade length and overal length of 14-1/4 inches. The guard is shapped into stag hoofs. The blade is etched. There is a 6 pointed star on the blade near the grip with the work PROVED over a star within the inner circle of the 6 pointed star. Germany in stamped in the blade near the grip. It appears to be a quality piece that has been cut down into a bowie length with possible use in the Southwest or Mexico. PRICE: $375Picture
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EW216-ANTIQUE STAG HANDLE KNIFEThis is an interesting old knife with the stag handle carved as an aligator. The blade is 5-3/4 inches long and the carved stag aligator handle is 4-1/2 inches long. It is a well made item and in good shape. I acquired this knife at a Las Vegas Beinfeld Antique Arms show from a dealer from the New Orleans area. No maker mark. Very interesting piece. PRICE: $750.00Picture
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EW215-UNMARKED OLD KNIFEThis a well used old knife. The overall length of the knife is 9-1/2 inches. PRICE: $10.00Picture
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EW213-KNIFE IN SCABBARDThis item is in pretty good shape. Overall length of scabbard is 12 inches. PRICE: $30.00Picture
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EW212-FIVE OLD KNIVESThese are a mixture of single knives. One price for all five. PRICE: $15.00Picture
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EW210-FOUR MIXED OLD KNIVESThese are a mixture of odds and end knives. One price for all three. PRICE: $20.00Picture
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EW209-THREE OLD FORKSThese are three single forks. They are in good shape. One price for all three. PRICE: $20.00Picture
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EW207-UNMARKED ANTIQUE KNIFE This knife measure 10-5/8th inches with the blade measuring 6-1/4 inches. The handle is made of wood. The blade is secured to the handle with three pins and a pewter retainer between the blade and the handle. The knife feels a little heavier that most knives of this length and style. PRICE: $35Picture
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EW206-ANTIQUE KNIFEThis knife is 8 inches in overall length. The blade is 3-3/4 inches and the handle is made of wood. The blade is secured to the handle with brass pins. There is a maker mark on the blade but cannot make it out.PRICE:$35 Picture
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EW204-ANTIQUE CUTLESSThis is an old Mexican Cutlass. It measures 28 in inches in overall length. The blade is 23-1/2 inches. The grip is made with 6 pieces. Three are horn, two are a brass and one is a silver type material. There are no maker marks on the sword/cutless. It shows signs of use. PRICE: $295Picture
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EW203-ANTIQUE SPEAR POINT KNIFEThis a very neat old Spear Point knife with a 6-1/8th inch blade overall length of 10-3/8ths inches. The blade is one inch wide. It has a pewter device that holds the blade to the wooden handle. The handle has a chip off of the end that has been off a long time. There are four small stamped designs in the wood. This old knife shows signs of use and appears to be from the mid 1800's. PRICE: $125Picture
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EW201-CAJUN FIGHTING KNIVEThis is an interesting old knive that measures 14 inches in over all length when blade is opened. It measures 7-3/4 inches with the blade closed. I have had several of these knives over the years. They have brass rivets, a brass bail and brass furniture on both ends and in the middle. One half has what appears to be bone inlay with some design. The other half has a silver crest affixed to one side. I do not know the material on that side. Interesting Item. PRICE: $600Picture
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EW200-COPIES OF HUDSON BAY POINTSThese are three steel copies of Hudson Bay Trade Points. The two small points have the crown on the front and the date 1686. The back is marked Montreal/1686/PAIX/AMLTLE with a stamp mark. The large one does not have a mark on the front. On the back it is marked H.B./1736. I was told they came from a museum and sold as copies of the trade points sold by the Hudson Bay Company. PRICE: Large point $75; Small Points $50 each; all three for $150.Picture
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EW194-LARGE BOWIE KNIFEThis is interesting old bowie type fighting knife. It has a 13 inch blade, brass guard, horn handle, brass rivets to hold handle and brass end caps. The handle is 5 inches making the overall length 18 inches. The blade has that V cut near the grip. I have seen that cut on large antique fighting knives. I have been told its purpose is to catch the blade of the opponent in the fight. If someone knows another reason for that cut, let me know. The blade has designs on both sides. On one side is the word OLD PIRATE with scrolls. The other side has a rattle snake with 5 rattles that extends almost the entire length of the blade. I have tried to capture those pictures but just cannot seem to get them to show up very well in the picture. It does have a Southwestern style look but there is not a maker mark. It is a very neat old knive. Never seen one quite like it before. PRICE: $985Picture
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EW191-RIO GRANDE CAMP KINEF, SCABBARD & CASE This is a fine example of a Rio Grande Camp Knife by William Jackson's Sheaf Island Works in Sheffield, England. It is 14 BD" in length with a 9 BE" blade. It is in its correct sheath which is missing its' button and tip. It comes in a period cutlery case which has been modified to accept the knife. The refit is of high quality. This bowie knife has a place of some infamy in American history. One of the same size and by the same maker was carried by John Wilkes Booth when he killed Abraham Lincoln. Booth stabbed the army officer with Lincoln and brandished it after he jumped off the balcony onto the stage. The knife was captured with Booth and now rests in the collection at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. This knife we offer is in no way related to Booth. It is a truly fine example of a famous American bowie knife. This knife has honest wear. It has considerable sharpening and untouched patina. The stag grip is solid and the plaque is present. The scabbard is strong and is not flaking. PORPicture
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EW187-MICHAEL PRICE PUSH DAGGERThis is a push dagger from the great San Francisco knife maker Michael Price. It is 8-3/4 inches long with an ebony handle. It is in very good condition with a tiny bit of pitting on the tip which can barely be seen. The scabbard has iron mounts which are nickel plated as is the knife. The leather is in good flexible shape and is hand sewn down the back. The handle shows a lot of gentle wear to one side and the plate is worn off the bolster of the knife just below the grip. The Michael Price San Francisco mark is off center like all I have seen from this maker,. It is a good strong strike and looks just right. This knive has a very unusual form. I have seen others from other makers but this is not the typical more simple form. The handle turns a little which I have not tried to fix. POR Picture
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EW185-SPANISH COLONIAL ESPADA ANCHAThis is a neat short sword (overall length 21-1/4 inches) that was reportedly recovered from a Mexican soldier after the battle where Santa Anna surrendered to Sam Houston shortly after Santa Annas victory at the Alamo. No documentatin to prove that other than what was told to me by the seller. I hate to not pass on stories about old items whether I put value in them or not. If I could prove that statement the price would be a lot higher. There is writing in Spahish on the blade. I was told it said something about a Saint but the reader could not say for sure what Saint. The markings were made with a sharp punch like object being hit against the blade. I have seen this style of markings in antique items before. They were apparently made by someone who has a lot of time on their hands. The top of the blade has indentions indicating it was used to hit many hard objects. It is an interesting old piece. It is the kind of item that could of been carried by the Presidio Soldatos or almost anyone else in the New Spain. It looks like it could have been used in a lot of battles. PRICE: $550Picture
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EW161-STAG HANDLED BOWIE W/SHEATHThis Raj period bowie knife was made for the British in India and was later retailed by some of the best makers. Some were imported into the US. Some have been seen marked Wilkinson. This knife is in very good condition. It retains its fine blue on the mounts at about 80%. The stag is perfect, light scuffing on the sheath but it is complete and intact. The blade is very good with a light pitting in one area. It may have been lightly buffed by some person but it retains most of its glaze. This knife is very large and unsharpened and is a very fine example of the adventurers side knife of the 19th century. The blade of this Bowie is marked ARNACHELLUM/SALEM. The blade is 12-3/8 inches long in front of the guard. The stag handle measures 5-1/4 inches. PORPicture
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EW110-OLD BUTCHER KNIFEThis butcher knife is 16-7/8 inches in overall length with the blade being 11-1/2 inches long and the handle being 5-3/8 inches long. The blade is 1-3/16 inches wide at its widest point and is worn to 1 inch width at a point 3 inches in front of the handle. The blade is 3/32 inch wide. The handles are made of wood secured by one large brass rivet in the middle and four smaller steel rivets in the corners. There is a hole in the end for hanging. It resembles some of the old Russell knives that I have seen but there are no markings. PRICE: $45Picture
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EW063-OLD WOODEN HANDLED BUTCHER KNIFEThis knife has a two-piece, 4-3/4 inch long wooden handle. The pieces are secured to the blade with two copper rivets. The wooden handle is well-worn. The blade is 8-1/4 inches long. The overall length of the knife is 13 inches. The blade is 1-1/4 inches wide at the base. The tip of the blade curves up at the point. This knife has a very neat look. PRICE: $25Picture
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EW061-STAG HANDLED KNIFEThis knife has a curved stag handle that is 5-1/2 inches long. The blade is 5-3/4 inches, is 5/32 inches thick, and 5/8 inches wide at the base. The blade has a very small break at the base and two small chips. PRICE: $40Picture
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EW059-BONE HANDLED BUTTER KNIFEThis knife has a 3-1/4 inch long bone handle and a 5-3/4 inch long blade. The blade is marked LANDERS FRARY & CLARK/AETNA WORKS. PRICE: $30Picture
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EW056-BONE HANDLED BUTTER KNIFE This old knife has a 3-3/8 inch long bone handle with a 5 inch long blade. It has the mark J.D.W inside a jagged rectangle stamped on the blade just in front of the handle. PRICE: $25 Picture
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EW054-NARROW STAG HANDLED KNIFE This old knife has a 6-1/4 inch long, curved stag handle with a 7-1/4 inch long blade. The blade is 3/16 inch thick at the handle end tapering to 1/8 inch near the tip. The blade is 3/4 inch wide at the base. This knife looks long and graceful and the grip would fit a large-size hand. PRICE: $75Picture
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EW049-OLD BUTCHER KNIFEThis old knife has a 5-1/4 inch long wooden handle secured with three brass rivets. The blade is 8-1/2 inches long and has the markings of W.C.CO./VILLAGE BLACKSMITH/MILWAUKEE stamped on the blade. The blade has been sharpened many times. Has a very neat overall well used look. PRICE: $25Picture
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EW046-WOODEN HANDLED KNIFEThis old knife has a pewter insert on the wooden handle. The blade is also secured to the handle by this pewter. The wooden part of the handle is 4-1/4 inches long with 3/4 of pewter on the blade end making the handle 5 inches long overall. The blade is 7-1/2 inches long and less than 1/16 inches wide on top. The knife has a good overall antique look. PRICE: 75Picture
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EW003-OLD BUTCHER-TYPE KNIFE. Blade is 11 3/4 inches long. Single pin in 5 1/2 inch wooden handle. 17 1/4 inches overall length. Extremely worn. l 1/4 inch oblong trademark starting 2 inches from handle. It appears that an "EE" can be made out at about two o'clock on the oval. I am not for sure what the mark is. I was told it was a John Russell of Green River Works. That business has been going since 1834. I am not familiar with an old mark from that maker. PRICE: $50Picture
EW005-STAG HANDLED BOWIE. No sheath. 4 1/2 inch blade. 3 3/4 inch old stag handles secured with two old brass pins. Overall length is 8 1/4 inches. No maker mark. One inch long triangular piece missing on one handle. SOLDPicture
EW007-SKINNING KNIFE. 4 3/4 inch blade with 4 1/2 inch wooden handle secured with two copper rivets. Top of blade is 1/16 inch wide and blade goes 2 3/4 inches into wooden handle. Good, old skinning knife. PRICE: $35Picture
EW012-SPEAR POINT BOWIE KNIFE. The blade is 6 inches long, and the overall length is 9 7/8 inches. The handle is wood and it has a butterfly-type guard. The wooden handle has a 1/2 inch long copper band on the guard side. On the handle end of the blade is an oval mark that looks like K&F. On the outside of the oval is stated "Made in USA". PRICE: $65Picture
