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Dutch W.Vervloet S.Gravenhage Model 1880 Naval Officer’s Dirk / Marine Ponjaard With Antique Marine Ivory Hilt, Etched Blade & Brass Mounted Leather Scabbard. Sn 21524 - 21524
This is an excellent original Model 1880 Naval Officer’s Dirk / Marine Ponjaard & Scabbard. It has a 9 ½” dagger blade with medial ridge and measures 13 ¾” overall. The blade is undamaged and has just light staining to be expected with age. Both sides of the blade have lightly etched decoration with marine fouled anchor device & the makers names ‘W. Vervloet S.Gravenhage’ within a foliate panel. It has a brass cross guard with finials and cast anchor decoration on one side. The cross guard is numbered ‘200’. It has a brass pommel cap, Marine Ivory hilt with grooved decoration. The dirk is complete with leather bound wood scabbard with brass mounts & 2 brass hanging rings. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21524 (Antique Ivory Content Comprises Less Than 10% Volume & Weight). Dirk is small fixed blades box storeroom
£395.00

Dutch Mansvelt Gravenhage Model 1880 Naval Officer’s Dirk / Marine Ponjaard With Antique Marine Ivory Hilt, Etched Blade & Scabbard. Sn 21523 - 21523
This is an excellent original Model 1880 Naval Officer’s Dirk / Marine Ponjaard & Scabbard. It has a 9 ½” dagger blade with medial ridge and measures 13 ¾” overall. The blade is undamaged and has just light staining to be expected with age. Both sides of the blade have lightly etched decoration including the makers name which appears to read ‘Mansvelt Gravenhage’ within banners in a foliate panel and entwined fish device. It has a brass cross guard with finials and cast anchor decoration on one side. The reverse is numbered ‘645’. It has a brass pommel cap undamaged Marine Ivory hilt with grooved decoration. The dirk is complete with its original brass scabbard with 2 brass hanging rings. The front of the scabbard has hand tooled foliate and anchor decoration. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21523 (Antique Ivory Content Comprises Less Than 10% Volume & Weight) dirk is small fixed blades box storeroom
£395.00

*Private Purchase* German WWI Trench Knife with Stag Horn Grips. ED 2685. - ED 2685
A private purchase German WWI trench knife (a trench knife is a combat knife designed to kill or incapacitate an enemy at close quarters, such as in a trench or other confined area. It was developed as a close combat weapon for soldiers attacking enemy trenches during the First World War) with a stunning horn grip *minor damage to horn near base of grip as seen in image 2* and ‘S’ shaped quillon above ferrule and below pommel which appear to be German silver, as do the scabbard mounts on the leather scabbard. The single edged blade is 11 ¾ cm long (23 ½ cm overall). See ‘German Combat Knives 1914-1945’ pages 9-26 by Christian Mery for similar examples. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2685. (German Trench Knives)
£345.00

1936 Nazi German Hitler Youth 'HJ' Dagger RZM M7/68 & Tiger, Solingen Manufacturer Marked, Motto Etched Blade & Scabbard With Integral Frog. Sn 21557 - 21557
An original Hitler-Jugend (HJ) Hitler Youth dagger with nickel plated pommel and cross guard. It has undamaged black chequered grips, the front inset with the HJ red and white enamel HJ diamond with black swastika on a field of gold. It has a 5 ½” long, broad single edged blade. The blade is crisply marked on one side with 1936 date, RZM roundel, 'M7/68' & with the manufacturer's name 'Tiger Solingen' together with Tiger trademark. The reverse has faint "Blut und Ehre!" HJ motto. It has its original leather hilt washer. The knife is complete with original black metal scabbard with leather integral belt loop & retention strap with press stud fastener. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21557
£695.00

WWII 1944 British MkII Pattern Gurkha Kukri & Scabbard By M.A.D 1944. 16276. - 16276
This is an original MkII Pattern WWII dated British Gurkha Military Kukri (Although the history of the kukri is long in Nepal, the knife was first seen by the British during the Anglo-Gorkha War of 1814-16. Wherever the Gurkhas fought, the kukri went with them and there wasn't a single battle where the kukri was not used. It has a 12 ¼” single edged Kukri blade with fullers & notch. It measures 17 ¾ ” overall. The wood handle with raised central band is secured by two large rivets and it has a steel pommel plate. The blade is date/manufacturer stamped ‘M.A.D 1944’. It comes with its original leather covered wood scabbard which has a small brass chape. The scabbard is undamaged *3 small drill holes on upper inner edge* and the leather intact with just areas of light service wear. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 16276. (Hunting & Survival)
£495.00

*Scarce* Type 2 (End of 1943) U.S. M3 Trench Knife by ‘IMPERIAL’ Complete with its M8A1 Scabbard by P.W.H. ED 867. - ED 867
This is a superb and original Type 2 U.S. M3 Trench Knife with a M8A1 scabbard with integral frog. This Type 2 M3 fighting knife was made by IMPERIAL (Imperial Schrade Corp. was an American knife manufacturer of hunting knives, pocketknives, utility knives, and bayonets during the 20th and early 21st centuries. The consolidation of five forerunner companies, including its namesakes, the Imperial Knife Company, founded 1916, and the Schrade Cutlery Company, founded in 1904) towards the end of 1943. The M3 knife is contained in a M8A1 scabbard made by P.W.H. (Pennsylvania Working Home for the blind) and comes complete with its leg tie. The knifes pommel is stamped with the flaming grenade stamp. The type 2 knife has the usual leather washer grip which is tight with no movement *very minor movement in the finger guard*. This knife is a nice complete and rare to find combination of a blade marked M3 knife in its matching M8A1 scabbard. See M.H.Cole, ‘U.S Military Knives Bayonets and Machetes Book III’ page 97 No 12. The price for this scarce knife and scabbard includes UK delivery. ED 867. (American Knives & Bayonets).
£695.00

**RARE**AS FOUND**WW2 1943 American Or Canadian Soldier’s Private Purchase 2nd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes FS Fighting Knife By Wilkinson Sword With Etched Panels & Banner To ‘Danny Dullea London 43’ & Quality Period Private Purchase Scabbard. Sn 21449 - 21499
2nd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes 'FS' Fighting Knives were introduced in 1941. Examples with etched blades are illustrated in Chapter 7 of The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife & Other Commando Knives By Flook. American & Canadian special forces soldiers & Officers bought FS fighting knives as private purchase weapons. Examples of named, etched blades are illustrated on pages 96 & 97 of Flook’s book. This example has a knurled 2nd pattern brass hilt and oval steel cross guard. It has an undamaged 162mm blade with medial ridge & blued etched panels. One side has faint ‘Wilkinson Sword London’ with crossed swords legend. The reverse faint ‘The FS Fighting Knife’. One side of the blade has a crisp etched & blued scrolling banner with name and date ‘Danny Dullea London 43’. The dagger is complete with period, quality made private purchase leather scabbard with belt loop and retaining strap with press stud fastener. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price for this rare named & dated FS knife includes UK delivery. Sn 21499
£1,475.00

WWI Private Purchase Trench Knife and Leather Sheath by Manufacturer Wade & Butcher Sheffield England. ED 2400. - ED 2400
A trench knife is a combat knife designed to kill or incapacitate an enemy at close quarters, such as in a trench or other confined area. It was developed as a close combat weapon for soldiers attacking enemy trenches during the First World War. William and Samuel Butcher were the sons of James Butcher, a cutler in Charles Street Sheffield. In the directories of 1821 and 1822 – Wade & Butcher – which traded from 85 Arundel Street Sheffield. The ‘Butcher’ is not identified, but it was presumably Samuel. The other principal was Robert Wade, who had been listed as a razor manufacturer in Arundel Street Sheffield since 1816. With a 12 ¾ cm (22 ¾ overall) single edged blade stamped ‘Wade & Butcher Sheffield England’ to the ricasso to one side with the Company trademark to the other showing light age related staining. The pineapple plastic grips are held with 3 pins. The silver coloured finger guard has minor play but is intact. The brown leather scabbard has an integrated belt loop and the stitching is all intact. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2400. (Small fixed blades box)
£395.00

German Post WWII Survival Knife with Scabbard and Webbing Frog. 8881:20. Survival - 8881:20
knives are knives intended for survival purposes in a wilderness environment, often in an emergency when the user has lost most of their main equipment. Most military aviation units issue some kind of survival knife to their pilots in case their aircraft are shot down behind enemy lines and the crew needs tools to facilitate their survival, escape, and rescue. This post WWII German example has a blackened 17 ½ cm blade (20 ½ cm overall) with a single sharpened edge point and tip with a ¾ serrated edge and integrated wire cutter is in excellent condition. The hard ribbed plastic grips are held with a locking mechanism above a finger guard. The accompanying plastic scabbard with metal throat and integrated webbing frog and wire cutter attachment is in equally good condition. The price includes UK delivery. 8881:20. (Survival Knives)
£195.00

**QUALITY MAKERS**C1950 Two Large Display Cased Sets Of John Nowill & Sons Sheffield Cutlers Factory Shop Window Knives & Assorted Cutlery. Sn 21501 - 21501
The earliest record of the business is in the books of the ‘Cutlers Company on 27TH April 1700. This family company was first based in Meadow Street Sheffield, but later moved to Scotland Street around 1840. It was in 1842 that the first of John Nowill sons, William, joined the business after finishing his apprenticeship. His maker’s marks of ‘D*’ and ‘CROSSKEYS’ remain the marks of the company to this day (see Tweedale’s The Sheffield Knife Book page 242). These are 2 original C1950 Display Cased Sets Of John Nowill & Sons Sheffield Cutlers Factory Shop Window Knives & other assorted cutlery. Most of the knife blades contained in both displays are signed ‘J.Nowill & Sons-Sheffield above ‘D’ and Crosskeys’ apart from 4 of the white ivorine or bone handled knives in one of the displays (right hand display in 1st image), which are signed ‘Frank Mills & Co Ltd Wearwell Stainles Steel’, a cutler connected to Nowills ( Frank Mills (1860-1932) was a clothes dealer and table knife blade grinder. The first directory listing of Frank Mills was in 1893 in Charlotte Street, as a table knife manufacturer. In 1903, it became Frank Mills & Co Ltd. Frank Mills, died on Christmas Day in 1932, afterwards, the firm’s address was 135 Scotland Street (the same as Nowill, which had acquired Mills’ assets and marks including ‘Wearwell’, see Tweedale's Directory of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers 1740-2013 [2nd edition]). All of the cutlery in both displays are securely wire bound to their felt backboards which both have J. Nowill & Sons & trademark labelling. The 2 piece glazed wood frames are screwed together at the rear (to avoid damage we have not attempted to remove the tools and blades from their mounts). All of the knives and other cutlery are clean and fully functional. Each case measures 36”x18”x 3 ½”. The price is for both cased displays and includes UK delivery (due to size and risk of glass damage International delivery is not available). Sn 21501 (office in front of storeroom door)
£395.00
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