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EXCELLENT WILLIAM JACKSON BOWIE KNIFE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
EXCELLENT WILLIAM JACKSON BOWIE KNIFE.

14” overall, 9.75” spear point blade maker marked on ricasso & longitudinally on blade, like their “Rio Grande Camp Knife” but just “WM JACKSON & CO / SHEFFIELD”, 3” German silver cross guard, pinned stag slab grip, original gold embossed decorated veneered cardboard scabbard. CONDITION: knife is fine overall, blade retains most of its original polish & luster, about a dozen small nicks in cutting edge. Sheath scuffed and missing tip, original German silver throat has leather collar sewn over. PROVENANCE: From the Lifelong Collection of Glen E. Mattox. (02-18399/JS). $800-1200.