Items: 0 Price: £0    
view cart

British Knives and Bowies

 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  Next Page 1 of 18

Victorian English Stacey Henry & Horton Sheffield Bowie Belt Knife With Polished Horn Tortoise Shell Effect Grip Scales German Silver Fittings & Leather Scabbard With Ornate Tooled Decoration & German Silver Fittings With Belt Bar. Sn 22474:9 - 22474:9
The English, Sheffield Cutlers began as Stacey & Henry, which was listed in 1852 as a plater on steel and German silver, in South Street. The partners were Edward Henry Stacey, the son of a pen knife grinder, and James Townsend Henry, the son of a packer. Frederick Horton joined them and in 1856 the new partnership (Stacey, Henry & Horton) registered a silver mark at the Assay Office from Norfolk Street. In 1856, they described themselves as electro-platers – one of the first Sheffield firms to become involved with electro-plate products. However, the firm failed and was dissolved in 1859. James T. Henry launched his own business in Arundel Street. Edward Stacey started his own enterprise in Tudor Street and by 1876 was located in Norfolk Street. However, he died in Broomhall Street on 20 December 1876, aged 43. Frederick Horton moved to London and worked as an iron agent. He died at Isledon Road, London, on 4 May 1887, aged 57 (See page 581 of Tweedale's Directory of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers 1740-2013 2nd Edition by Geoffrey Tweedale). This is an attractive Victorian belt Bowie by Stacey Henry & Horton made at their Norfolk Street Sheffield premises. It has a 6 ½” long Bowie blade which is 4mm thick and just over 1 ¼” broad at its widest. The blade has just light staining consistent with age and there is a small nibble to the cutting edge near to the hilt. The knife is 11” overall length. The blade is signed by the makers ‘Stacey Henry & Horton Norfolk Street Sheffield’. The Bowie has a German silver cross guard and its horn scales have been polished until translucent to give an appealing Tortoise shell appearance. The scales are secured by brass pins. The Bowie has its original leather open top scabbard which has a German Silver throat mount with belt bar and German silver chape. The leather has ornate hand tooled foliate decoration to the front & rear aspects. The tooling has original coloured highlights. All leather & stitching are clean and intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22474:9 (All Bowie Knives Box)
£475.00

SOLD SOLD (05/03) **RARE**MINIATURE** APPRENTICE PIECE**Victorian William Rodgers Sheffield ‘I CUT MY WAY’ Trademark Hand Made Bowie Knife With Ivorine Hilt & Open Top Leather Scabbard. Sn 22434:19 - 22434:19
The Sheffield cutler William Rodgers was recorded in the 1852 directory. His trade mark was ‘I Cut My Way’ together with mincing knife device. The company ceased trading towards the late 19th Century. In 1911 John Clarke advertised the trademark as his own & used it to good effect in the 20th century. The Eggington group acquired the trademark in the 1980’s.This is an impressive, rare and sought after hand made miniature Bowie Knife, most likely made by an apprentice of William Rodgers to demonstrate their knife making knowledge before being allowed to work on full size pieces. This miniature Bowie displays the craftsmanship of full size Rodgers Bowies. The miniature is in very good condition. It measures a diminutive 149mm overall length with a 100mm deep swept steel Bowie blade which has just light staining consistent with age. The spine of the blade has scalloped decoration. The blade is signed on one side ‘William Rodgers’ together with ‘I Cut My Way’ Trademark. The reverse has faint ‘Sheffield England’. It has a solid ivorine hilt with scallop decorated carving to the pommel end on both sides & brass cross guard. The miniature comes with its hand made open top leather scabbard. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. The price for this miniature Bowie & Scabbard by an apprentice of a famous Sheffield cutler includes UK delivery. Sn 22434:19 (drawers office)
£0.00

SOLD SOLD (05/03) **RARE**MINIATURE** APPRENTICE PIECE**Victorian William Rodgers Sheffield Hand Made Bowie Knife With Ivorine Hilt & Original Matching Maker Marked Red Leather Scabbard. Sn 22434:18 - 22434:18
The Sheffield cutler William Rodgers was recorded in the 1852 directory. His trade mark was ‘I Cut My Way’ together with mincing knife device. The company ceased trading towards the late 19th Century. In 1911 John Clarke advertised the trademark as his own & used it to good effect in the 20th century. The Eggington group acquired the trademark in the 1980’s.This is an impressive, rare and sought after hand made miniature Bowie Knife, most likely made by an apprentice of William Rodgers to demonstrate their knife making knowledge before being allowed to work on full size pieces. This miniature Bowie displays the craftsmanship of full size Rodgers Bowies. The miniature is in very good condition. It measures a diminutive 182mm overall length with a 124mm deep swept steel Bowie blade which has just light staining consistent with age. The spine of the blade has a section of scalloped decoration near to the hilt. The blade is signed on one side ‘William Rodgers Sheffield England’. It has a solid twisted rope form ivorine hilt and flat brass cross guard with scalloped edges. The miniature comes with its original red leather open top scabbard. The front of the scabbard has ‘line decoration’ at the edges and a brass frog locket. The leather impressed with matching maker detail ‘W. Rodgers Sheffield’. The price for this miniature Bowie & Scabbard by an apprentice of a famous Sheffield cutler includes UK delivery. Sn 22434:18 (drawers office)
£0.00

**RARE** ONE OF 7,000, 1960’s British Military Wilkinson Sword RJH Jungle Fighting Knife with Correct British 1908 Pattern Cavalry Sabre Handle & Scabbard. Sn 18667 - 18667
This is a scarce survival / fighting knife produced by Wilkinson Sword Co in the 1960's. Intended for the M.O.D approximately 7,000 knives were made. The M.O.D. didn't adopt the knife and they were eventually sent to the Far East and sold to the military as private purchase weapons (see page 123 of Flook's book ‘British & Commonwealth Military Knives). Our example has a clean polished 8” fullered Bowie blade and correct composite 1908 pattern Cavalry sword hilt which features chequered panels & thumb recess for grip. The blade is etched ' WILKINSON SWORD LONDON ENGLAND' on one side & ' RJH JUNGLE KNIFE' on the reverse. The hilt has the correct short brass finger guard and large brass pommel nut. The knife comes with its original brown leather scabbard which has an integral belt loop and retaining strap with press stud fastener. The scabbard has the correct ‘lift the dot’ stamped press stud fastener. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 18667
£625.00

C1960’s Siebe Gorman Type Diver's Knife as Used by British Royal Navy Divers With Brass Scabbard Slotted For Belt Loop. ED 2532. - ED 2532
This is an excellent, original, Siebe Gorman type Diver's Knife and Scabbard as used by British Royal Navy divers. The knife has a clean 194mm long double-edged spear point blade with medial ridge (334 mm overall). The blade has no visible manufacturer marks. The blade is magnetic. The knife has a brass cross guard, ferrule & tang nut and has a ribbed & contoured grooved ebonite handle. The knife is complete with solid brass scabbard with belt slot. The knife fits correctly in its scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2532
£545.00

**RESERVED**RESERVED** *English 'Fred James' ‘James & Lowe’ Sheffield Made Hunter’s Companion 'Land of The Free Home Of The Brave ' Bowie Knife With Etched Blade, Stag Antler hilt With Brass Horse Head Pommel & Brass mounted Leather Scabbard. Sn 21334 - 21334
Before his death in 1986 Fred James was Sheffield's best known Bowie Knife maker. Fred James worked for George Wostenholm the famous Sheffield England knife maker who made many of the original Bowie Knives that were exported to the United States during the mid-19th century. When Wostenholm closed its doors, Fred apparently helped himself to many of the 19th century patterns, dies and stamps of his previous employer, and went into the business in the early 1970’s of making Bowie Knives himself. The examples of his work that were unmarked found their way into the “antique” arms dealers in the U.K., especially London. Many U.S. knife collectors were also fooled early on thinking that they were buying authentic 1850’s era Bowie Knives. Fred made/assembled knives with his wife Ivy, and for a while also had a Sandy Lowe who worked along with him. Some of his knives were also marked correctly Fred James, or James & Lowe. Today those Bowies stamped with either of these marks are very collectible in their own right and have a ready market among knife collectors (see pages 214-215 of The Sheffield Knife Book by Tweedale). This James & Lowe Sheffield made Bowie Knife & scabbard are in near mint condition. The knife Stag Antler hilt With Brass Horse Head Pommel. It has an ornate brass finger guard and the 9 ¾” Bowie blade is polished steel with scalloped decoration on the back edge (16 ¼” overall). The blade is 2” at its widest and is 6mm thick. One side of the blade is etched with elaborate scroll work and wording "America Land Of The Free and The Home Of The Brave" and Americans Ask For Nothing But What Is Right And Submit To Nothing That’s Wrong’ wither crossed banners of America & Great Britain. The blade also has the American Eagle and ‘Hunter’s Companion’. The ricasso is stamped "James & Lowe Sheffield". The scabbard is brown leather with gold foliate decoration and brass throat mount and chape. The throat mount has a frog locket. The price for this desirable Bowie includes UK delivery. Sn 21334
£0.00

Victorian Era SM Hill Sheffield Patent Spear Point Bowie Knife With Polished Horn Hilt, Brass Fittings & Open Top Scabbard. ED 2113 - ED 2113
This attractive Victorian Bowie is 11 ½” overall length. The knife's 7” spear point blade is undamaged and has just light staining consistent with age. The blade shank is marked on one side with the manufacturer or retailer name ’SM HILL SHEFFIELD’. The reverse has the word ‘PATENT’ (we cannot find a knife maker or retailer using the name SM Hill in our books). It has a solid turned polished Horn hilt and stepped brass pommel cap. It has a brass ferrule and brass cross guard with ball finials. The has its associated open top leather scabbard which has stitched belt loop to the rear. All leather & stitching is clean & intact. The price includes UK Delivery. ED 2113
£275.00

**VERY RARE**WW1 British Robbins Of Dudley Alloy Hilt, Steel Knuckle Bow Trench Fighting Knife With Scabbard & New Illustrated Hard Back Book ‘The History & Knives Of Robbins & Company By Flook & Pidgeon’. Sn 22430 - 22430
Robbins of Dudley were a metal working Company in Dudley Worcester England who at the outbreak of WW1 began making Trench Fighting weapons. This is an original very rare WW1 Robbins of Dudley fighting knife excellent condition. This variant has the correct an alloy handle which has contoured finger recesses, steel knuckle bow and steel blade with blood grooves (see pages 52 and 53 of The History & Knives Of Robbins & Company By Flook & Pidgeon where variants the same as ours are illustrated, A brand new copy of the book accompanies the knife). The knife has a total length of 240mm and the double edged blade with blood grooves is 147mm length. The maker's name is on top of the alloy hilt 'Robbins Dudley'. It is complete with its original correct brown leather scabbard with retaining strap & single brass stud. The scabbard has an integral belt loop. The Brand New Hardback Book ‘The History and Knives of Robbins & Company’ is expanded research which uncovered much more than just a family history story when the authors discovered new details of Robbins knives during WWI. The book updates the story of Robbins and the knives they produced to a much greater degree than previously known. The hardback book has 104 colour and black & white illustrated pages. with history and descriptions of Robbins knives. The price for this very rare knife includes the book and UK delivery.**The price for the knife without the book including UK delivery is £1800** Sn 22430 (FS Box)
£1,895.00

Victorian Joseph Rodgers & Sons 6 Norfolk Street, Sheffield Cutlers To Their Majesties Folding Bowie Knife With Stag Antler Scales, German Silver Fittings & Leather Scabbard. Sn 22371 - 22371
Joseph Rodgers & Sons were first established as cutlers at ‘Holy Croft’ Sheffield C1724. By 1780 the firm was firmly established and well known for making quality knives. Having outgrown their Holy Croft premises moved to what was to become their worldwide famous address 6 Norfolk Street Sheffield. Originally making small edged weapons the Company moved into manufacture of large Bowies when American & British Empire markets expanded in the Victorian era (see pages 522-530 of Tweedale’s Directory Of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Expanded 2nd Edition). This is an excellent Victorian era Bowie made at Rodgers & Sons 6 Norfolk Street premises. The 8” long, steel Bowie blade is marked crisply with the maker’s name and address. The reverse is stamped with Rodgers Maltese type cross & Star trade marks. The knife has undamaged Stag antler scales secured by German silver pins. It has a swivelling brass finger guard consisting of 2 plates secured to the blade shank by a single brass pin allowing movement of the cross guard as normally found on folding Bowies. The blade has just light age related staining. The blade is released for opening by depression of a German silver button on one scale and is released for closing by lifting a bar on the spine of the hilt. Open the knife is 12 ¼”overall length. Its brown leather open top scabbard has a single belt loop. All leather & stitching clean & intact. The price for this Victorian folding Bowie by one of the famous Sheffield cutlers includes UK delivery. Sn 22371 (folding knives draw)
£675.00

**RESERVED**RESERVED** Boer War Era British Officer’s Private Purchase Clements Sheffield Made Bowie Fighting Knife With Field Re-Shaped Spear Point Blade & Leather Scabbard. Sn 22370 - 22370
Charles (Chas) Clements was a high end London Retailer of knives from approx. 1890 to the 1970s. Clements knives were made in Sheffield and he sold a great variety. This a is an original Late Victorian / Early Edwardian Clements Sheffield Made Spear Point Bowie, most likely a Boer War British Officer’s private purchase fighting knife with its original leather scabbard. It has chequered polished horn grip scales secured by brass pins. One grip has a small old stable repair that can be seen in the images. The brass grip frame is contoured for grip and flat brass cross guard. It has a just over 8 ½” single edged Bowie shaped steel blade which has been field improvised / re-shaped into a spear point Bowie tip. One side of the blade is signed by the London retailer ‘Clements Sheffield Made’. The spine of the blade is 4mm thick and the blade is 2.5 cms wide at its broadest. The knife measures 13” overall length. Its original open top brown leather scabbard has belt loop. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22370 (Bowies box)
£0.00
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  Next Page 1 of 18