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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

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)
£495.00

**LARGE**HEAVY**WW1 Era British Officer’s Private Purchase Trench Fighting Knife / Sidearm With Gladius Form Blade & Later Quality Bespoke Hand Made Leather Scabbard. ED 2196 - ED 2196
This is a large Fighting Knife / Sidearm most likely a British Officer’s private purchase trench fighting knife for use in WW1. It is 17 ½” overall length with an 11 ¼” heavy Gladius type double edged steel blade with medial ridge. The blade is just under 1 ¾” wide. The cutting edges have no nibbles or chips. Both sides of the blade has even aged patina. It has a cast steel bar cross guard and brass ferrule. The solid hard wood hilt with finely chequered panels has just light bumps and scraped consistent with age and use. There are no visible maker or date marks on the knife which weighs a hefty 600 grammes. The knife comes with a later quality bespoke hand made leather scabbard. Made of thick brown leather the open top scabbard has heavy duty stitched Seams and single belt loop stitched to the rear. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are clean and intact. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2196 (FS box)
£395.00

**VERY RARE**1st TYPE**WW1 Era British Officer’s Private Purchase Cogswell & Harrison London Trench Fighting knife / Dagger With Special Order Leather Bound Wood Grip Inset With Celluloid Band & Original Leather Scabbard. Sn 22235 - 22235
Cogswell & Harrison was established in May 1770 and is London’s oldest surviving gun maker. The company has manufactured an exceptionally diverse range of sporting shotguns and rifles during its long and colourful history. In 2008 the company was purchased by the Brennan family, the proprietors of Ardee Sports Company. During WW1 the company made private purchase edged weapons for British Officers. The hilts on early variants varied depending on the special order of the customer before becoming standardised plain wood hilts as the war progressed. We have never seen this hilt variant on one of these knives (see pages 120 & 121 plate 273 of British & Commonwealth Military Knives By Flook where a later plain hilt variant of these knives by Cogswell & Harrison is illustrated). Our knife has a 6 ½” long double edged dagger blade with medial ridge and large shank at the hilt. The blade has a shallow chip to one side of the cutting edge and it has just light staining consistent with age and use. The shank is signed by the maker ‘Cogswell & Harrison Ltd Gunmakers London W1’. It’s special order hilt is leather bound wood. The mid section has a colourful celluloid band ‘translucent red edged with green’. The pommel is unbound. It has a steel re-curving cross guard & the dagger measures 10 ¾” overall length. Its original brown leather open top scabbard has a single belt loop and correct 2 rivets at the throat. All leather & stitching of the hilt & scabbard are intact. The price for this rare WW1 fighting knife includes UK delivery. Sn 22235 (FS box)
£975.00

Victorian Joseph Haywood & Company Glamorgan Works Sheffield Folding Bowie With brass Fittings & Open Top Scabbard. Sn 22244 - 22244
Sheffield born Joseph Haywood was first listed in a directory in 1845 as a merchant and steel, file, edge-tool, saw, and cutlery manufacturer in Victoria Street. The business moved to Livingstone Works, Holly Street, and then to Garden Street, from where a silver mark was registered in 1880. The workshops were soon moved to Glamorgan Works, Little Pond Street. Haywood traded as a ‘general merchant’ in cutlery, partly through a London office at No. 56 Holborn Viaduct. Pocket, sportsman’s, and budding knives were staple lines, though the firm also made By 1881, according to the Census, he employed 165 workers (101 men, 41 women, and 23 boys). In 1902, the firm’s marks, goodwill, and stock of electro-plate and premium sportsman’s knives were offered for sale (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 18, 19 March 1902). The goodwill and marks of the business at Glamorgan Works, Pond Street, were sold for £660. The purchasers were Needham, Veall & Tyzack and Thomas Turner & Co, who purchased them co-jointly. This is an excellent Victorian era Bowie made at Joseph Haywood & Company at their Glamorgan Works. The 8” long, steel blade with medial ridge and drop point has chequered Walnut scales secured by German Silver pins. It has brass bolsters at the cross guard, swivelling hinged 2 bar finger guard secured to the blade shank by a single pin allowing movement of the cross guard as normally found on folding Bowies and brass lined steel frame. The blade shank, on one side is crisply signed by the maker ‘Joseph Haywood & Company Glamorgan Works Sheffield’. The polished steel blade has just light age related staining. The blade is released for closing by depression of a German Silver button on one of the grip scales. Open the knife is 12 ½” overall length, closed 9 ½”. Its original bucket type brown leather scabbard has a German Silver Throat mount with German Silver hanging ring. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price for this excellent Victorian folding Bowie includes UK delivery. Sn 22244 (drawers office)
£575.00

Victorian Era Silver Mounted Dirk / Dagger With Silver Mounted Scabbard. ED 2411 - ED 2411
This original Victorian British form dirk has an 8” long single edged dagger blade. The blade has no visible manufacturer or date marks and has staining consistent with age. The spine of the blade has tooled decoration near to the hilt. The dirk measures 12” overall and has a polished horn handle with silver fittings. The dirk is complete with original silver mounted leather scabbard. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean and intact. There are no visible maker or date marks on the blade. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2411 (small fixed blades box)
£225.00

Victorian Era ‘The Hunter’s Knife’ Bowie With Ebony Handle Inlaid With Mother Of Pearl Studs Warranted Steel Blade With Blued & Etched Panel & German Silver Mounted Leather Scabbard. Sn 22164:1 - 22164:1
This is an attractive Hunting knife / Bowie in late Victorian form. It has an ebony handle with raised edges inlaid with mother of pearl studs. It has a German Silver cross guard and a 6” drop point Bowie blade. The blade has some staining consistent with age but no damage. One side of the blade has a blued and etched panel ‘The Hunter’s Knife’ and is stamped ‘Warranted Cast Steel’. There are no visible maker or date marks. The knife measures 10 ¼” overall length. Its original leather open top scabbard has a German silver throat mount and chape with ball end. All stitching is intact. The leather has some areas of light age & carry related surface scuffs. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22164:1 (All Bowies Box)
£375.00

**UNUSUAL**Late Victorian Era ‘Ladies’ Hill & Son London Bowie Knife With Antique Marine Ivory Hilt Scrimshaw Signed ‘Vera’, German Silver Ferrule Engraved ‘From Ronnie’ & Original Open Top Crocodile Skin Scabbard With ‘Hill & Son Haymarket’ Mark. - 22192
The Hill Family of London Cutlers are first recorded as Thomas Hill at 4 Haymarket in 1855. From 1880 the Company is recorded as Hill & Son. The Hill family continued to work through to 1945, at various London premises but always with connections to the 4 Haymarket address (see pages 79 & 80 of The London Knife Book 1820-1945) by Ron Flook. This is an unusual, attractive, Bowie Knife by Hill & Son London. It is 8 ½” overall length. The knife's 4 ½” drop point Bowie blade is undamaged and has staining consistent with age. The blade is marked on one side with the manufacturer’s name and address (illustrated). It has a solid antique Marine ivory hilt which has scrimshawed ladies name ‘Vera’ in stylised script. The hilt has a German Silver ferrule engraved ‘From Ronnie’. The knife is complete with original open top Crocodile skin scabbard which has an integral single leather belt loop riveted to the rear of the throat. All stitching is clean & intact. The surface of the skin has some areas of surface wear. The rear of the belt loop is impressed with maker’s cartouche ‘Hill & Son Haymarket’. The price for this attractive piece includes UK Delivery. NB Ivory Content Comprises Less Than 10% Volume & Weight. Sn 22192
£475.00

Victorian Medieval Form ‘Coup De Grâce ’ (Final Mercy Blow) Dagger With Scabbard. Sn 22119 - 22119
Coup De Grâce (Final Mercy Blow) Daggers were used during the medieval era for finishing off wounded soldiers. The strong thin blades of these knives could pass through viewing slits in helmet visors, gaps in armour joints and pass through chain mail. Medieval form weaponry became popular in the Victorian era and were quality made. This Victorian Medieval Form ‘Coup De Grâce ’ dagger with its original scabbard is in excellent condition. The dagger has an ebonised wood hilt with German silver ferrule. The wood is undamaged. The oval steel cross guard has ball finials. The top of the hilt has a small round recess most likely for an absent inlaid roundel with ring for wrist strap. The dagger has a strong, clean 7 ½” long flat diamond section spear point double edged blade which tapers to a pin sharp point, ideal for thrusting. The dagger measures 12 ¾” overall length. The dagger has its original open top leather scabbard which has a stitched rear seam, German silver throat mount with frog bar & German silver chape with ball tip. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22119 (Fixed Blades Knives Box Storeroom)
£395.00

Victorian C1870 Era English W. Wilkinson & Son Sheffield (Most Likely Walter 1809-1885) American Wild West Export New York (NY) Etched Bowie Knife & Period Leather Scabbard With Ornate Hand Tooled Decoration. Sn 22118 - 22118
Walter Wilkinson (1809-1885) was a Sheffield cutler with premises at Carver Street & Rockingham Lane. By 1849 he was making sheep shears and sugar cane knives from his Australian works on Fitzwilliam Street. He advertised as ‘& Son’ in the 1868 Sheffield directory (see page 664 of Tweedale’s Directory Of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers Expanded 2nd Edition). This is an original W. Wilkinson & Son Bowie knife made for the thriving American Wild West export market C1870. The Bowie measures 13” overall with an 8 ¼” single edged Bowie blade. The blade is 1 ¼” broad at its widest & the spine of the blade is 4mm thick. The blade has just some light surface scratches consistent with age. The blade is sharp with no nicks to the cutting edge. The ricasso is stamped ‘W. Wilkinson & Son Sheffield’ and the blade ‘NY’ (most likely New York) With American Style device consisting of a Shield containing ‘Stars & Stripes’ indicating that this knife was most likely made by Wilkinson for export to the American market. The Bowie has Stag antler scales secured by German silver pins. It has a brass cross guard and German silver bolsters secured by copper rivets. The Bowie comes with its period quality made leather scabbard which has belt loops riveted to the front and rear. The scabbard has a retaining strap with press stud fastener & leather laced seam. The front of the scabbard has hand tooled ornate foliate decoration. All leather is clean & intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22118 (in Bowies box)
£375.00
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