British Knives and Bowies
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**UNUSUAL**RARE FORM**Victorian Era Saloon Gambler's Dagger With Kris Form Blade & Scabbard. Sn 23094 - 23094 This is an original Victorian Dagger With Kris Form Blade. This size of dagger were popular with gamblers in England & America who could conceal them easily and use for self defence in the event of violent gambling den disputes. It has an oval German silver cross guard with ball finials & German silver ferrule with cast geometric design decoration. The dagger has a superb, heavy, 5 ¼” double edged Kris form blade with medial ridge which tapers to a pin sharp point (just over 9 ¼” overall). The blade has its original thin leather hilt washer. The dagger's solid tooled polished horn handle has a German silver pommel cap. There are no maker or date marks on this dagger. The dagger is complete with original open top black leather scabbard which has a German silver throat mount and chape with ball end. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price for this unusual dagger includes UK delivery. Sn 23094 (drawers office) £395.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (16/05) Late Victorian Era English Sheffield Trade Made Bowie Knife Retailed By Lorberg 185 Kensington High Street (London) With Stag Antler Scales & Original Leather Scabbard. Sn 23097 - 23097 Charles Henry Lorberg was born in London in 1874. In the 1880s–1890s edged weapons marked Lorberg Kensington made their first appearance. C. H. Lorberg was based at 185 Kensington High St working as a gunsmith / cutlery retailer. This is a nice original Victorian form Sheffield Trade Bowie with original Scabbard retailed by Lorberg London. It has undamaged stag antler scales secured by steel pins. It has a German silver finger guard & a 7” long single edged, clean steel bowie blade, signed by the retailer ‘Lorberg 185 Kensington High Street’ together with ‘Sheffield Made’ roundel. The spine is 3mm thick and it is just under 1 ¼” broad at its widest. The Bowie measures just under 11 ½” overall length. Its original open top brown leather scabbard with stitched seam is absent its original belt loop. The leather of the scabbard is clean with just very light small areas of carry scuffs. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23097 (in Bowies box) £0.00 |
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**RARE** Victorian Era Prostitute's Secret Garter Belt Stiletto Dagger With Cruciform Blade, Turned Polished Horn Hilt & German Silver Scabbard. Sn 23095 - 23095 This is a rare, original, Victorian era Ladies garter belt dagger. These small concealable daggers were favoured by prostitutes to defend themselves against attack. It measures 6 ½” overall with a 2 ¾”cruciform blade which tapers to a pin sharp point. The blade has just small areas of light staining consistent with age. It has an undamaged solid turned polished horn hilt with recessed pommel / thumb grip to assist stabbing. It has a steel cross guard. The dagger is complete with its original German Silver scabbard. The scabbard is mounted with original German Silver ring. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23095 (in misc draw office) £475.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (16/05) Victorian British Officer’s North West Frontier Private Purchase T. Chapman Glasgow Scotland Spear Point Bowie Fighting Knife With Stag Antler Hilt & Scabbard With German Silver Fittings. Sn 16150 - 16150 This is a nice Victorian era spear point bowie, in the form popular with British Officer’s fighting against Afghan tribes in the Empire’s North West Frontier. The 13 ½” long, bowie has a solid curved stag antler hilt with blued steel pommel cap. It has a blued steel finger guard holed for scabbard retaining clip and an 8 ¼” single edged, spear point steel blade, on one side it is marked at the ricasso by the maker ‘T. Chapman Glasgow’. The blade is undamaged and has just staining consistent with age and scabbard carry. Its original brown leather scabbard has a German silver throat mount with belt bar & chape. The throat mount has the correct retaining clip which is strong and holds the Bowie safely in the scabbard. The rear of the scabbard has a small belt loop. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are intact with just light surface scuffs consistent with age and carry. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 16150 (in Bowies box) £0.00 |
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**QUALITY MAKER**Victorian English Joseph Mappin & Brothers Sheffield German Silver Cutlery Hilt Spear Point Bowie Knife & Open Top Scabbard. Sn 22964 - 22964 Mappin & Webb is a true British treasure with over 240 years of tradition and historical significance in the world of silver and fine jewellery. Renowned for combining timeless craftsmanship with superior quality and contemporary design. The company began in 1775, when Jonathan Mappin opened a workshop in Sheffield. His mission was to create the most beautifully crafted silverware for British society. He had several sons, who joined the business. His son was Joseph Mappin (1766-1841), William Joseph Mappin (1868-1943) became chairman in 1913, when the firm was approaching its zenith. From its London head office in Oxford Street, Mappin & Webb was the most international of Sheffield cutlery firms. Retail branches appeared in Europe (Paris, Nice, and Rome), South Africa (Johannesburg), North America (Montreal) and South America. The Company received Royal Warrants and commissions from Monarchs around the world, and become synonymous with excellence, craftsmanship and all things truly British. Under his four great grandsons, incorporated the business as Mappin Brothers Ltd, in the middle of the 19th Century. The company later became the prestigious Mappin & Webb who still produce best quality pieces today. This is a Victorian cutlery handled spear point Bowie by the quality cutlers Joseph Mappin & Brothers Sheffield. The knife has a typical Victorian era cast German Silver cutlery form handle with cast foliate decoration. The hilt has a German Silver finger guard. The 6” long, steel spear point blade has some areas of staining consistent with age. Both sides of the blade are signed by the makers ‘Joseph Mappin & Brothers Sheffield’ together with trade mark. The knife measures 10 ¾” overall. The original brown leather scabbard has German Silver throat mount with frog locket and possible replacement brass chape. All leather and stitching are intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22964 (Bowies Box) £395.00 |
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Victorian Christopher Johnson & Co Western Works Sheffield Spear Bowie Belt Dagger With Stag Antler Scales & Open Top Leather Scabbard. Sn 22965 - 22965 Christopher Johnson, who was born in Sheffield in about 1809, started his cutlery business in 1836 in Howard Street. The original partnership was apparently Christopher and Henry Johnson, which was listed in a directory (1837) as C. & H. Johnson, successor to Ward & Co, Howard Street (Broomhead & Ward). Later Marshall and Hibbert took over the business. In 1881, Marshall told the Census that the firm employed 167 workers (114 men, 14 boys, 30 women, and 9 girls). Hibbert’s calculation was ‘about 200’. In the late 19th century, the company operated at Western Works and Western Steel Works in Portobello, with a London agent in Victoria Street, London. In 1955, the company was bought by the famous Sheffield cutler Wostenholm. This is a nice late Victorian era English Spear Point Belt dagger by Christopher Johnson & Co Western Works Sheffield with Scabbard. It has undamaged Stag antler scales secured by steel pins. It has an oval brass cross guard. It has a clean 6 ¼” single edged, spear point steel blade with medial ridge and measures 10 ¼” overall. One side of the blade is signed ‘Christopher Johnson & Co Western Works Sheffield’ and the ricasso has ‘Johnnson Western Works Sheffield’ together with Flag ‘C.J’ on pole trademark. It's brown leather open top scabbard has an integral belt loop to the rear & stitched seam. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22965 (Bowies box) £375.00 |
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**NAMED**WW1 Era British George Butler & Co Sheffield Royal Field Artillery (RFA) Officer’s / Cavalry Horseman's Folding Multi Tool Clasp Knife With Removable Rein Studs Engraved To ‘Lieutenant G.C. White RFA’. Sn 22903 - 22903 This is an excellent original, English, Sheffield made RFA Officer’s / Horseman's Folding Knife engraved to ‘Lieutenant G.C. White RFA’ ( Lieutenant C G White RFA attached Trench Morter Battery is listed as wounded on the 23rd July 1916.). It has a 3 ½” single edged blade, a 2 ½” single edged blade, a 1 ½” double edged Tin opener marked blade with thumb spur, Button Hook, cork screw and gouge/ stone remover, File blade and Triangular spike. It also has its two removable rein repairing studs and fixed screw driver tip on the frame of the knife between its undamaged German Silver scales. The blades are stamped by the Sheffield manufacturer 'G. Butler & Co' with 'key' trademark and some ‘Sheffield Arts’ (George Butler & Co Sheffield C1810-1952, see pages 135-136 of Tweedale’s Directory Of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers 1740-2013 Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition). The knife measures 5 ¾” in length when closed. One German Silver scale is engraved ‘Lt G.C. White RFA’ and the frame has its original German Silver lanyard shackle. The price for this quality knife worthy of further research regarding the named Officer includes UK delivery. Sn 22903 (folding blades box near workbench) £595.00 |
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Victorian English Crookes & Clarke Sheffield German Silver Cutlery Hilt Bowie Knife With Etched Blade ‘La Muerte Antes Que La Dishonra’ (Spanish: Death Before Dishonour) & Scabbard. Sn 22963 - 22963 Henry Crookes & Company Ltd was established in Sheffield in 1857. It appears to have originated with George Crookes, a table knife and scissors manufacturer in Wellington Street in 1837. In the Census (1841) George Crookes was listed as a table knife manufacturer in Hanover Street (the factory address was Washington Works, Bowden Street). His son, Henry, was also a table knife manufacturer, aged 20; and another son was named George. Later in the 1840s, George Crookes & Co was listed as a merchant and table knife manufacturer at 95 Norfolk Street, with George residing at East View, Parker’s Road. By 1862, this business had become Crookes & Clarke, with Henry Crookes (East View) and Thomas Clarke (Crabtree House, Pitsmoor) as partners. George Crookes (probably Junior) was a ‘merchant’s clerk’ at East View. Crookes & Clarke became Henry Crookes & Co by 1868 with two partners – Henry Crookes of East Bank Cottage and George Crookes of Leavy Greave. By 1876, the firm’s address was in Bramwell Street. The partners were Henry Crookes, ‘foreign merchant’, living at Ingleby Lodge, Williamson Road, Sharrow; and George Crookes (Henry’s son) at the same address. Henry retired in 1880 and moved to Bridlington with his wife, Mary Ann. After 1880, George and Charles Crookes (another son of Henry) were partners. By 1887, Henry Crookes & Co was located at Allen Street, with Herbert Crookes as the only listed partner. Allen Street was the home of Hale Bros and by 1889 it had acquired Crookes and its trade mark, consisting of the word ‘TIP’ and a picture of a top (i.e. tip-top). Henry Crookes died at Bridlington Quay, aged 77, on 9 February 1899. By 1901, Crookes’s address was Moorfields Works, Snow Lane – the same address as Hale Bros. Kutrite later used the Crookes’ name. In the Victorian era many English cutlers made Bowies for the growing European & American markets. This is a Victorian cutlery handled Bowie by ‘Crookes & Clarke’ Made for the Continental Export Market. The knife has a typical Victorian era cast German Silver cutlery form handle. The hilt has an oval German Silver finger guard. The 7 ¾” long, steel single edged Bowie blade has areas of staining consistent with age. One side of the blade is signed by the makers ‘Crookes & Clarke’ and has an etched scroll work panel with banners & wording ‘La Muerte Antes Que La Dishonra’ (Spanish: Death Before Dishonour an inscription sometimes found on Corsican vendetta knives). The knife measures 12 ¼” overall. The blade is just over 1 ¼” broad at its widest & the spine is 4mm thick. The original reddish brown leather scabbard has German Silver throat mount with frog locket and chape which has several dents consistent with age and carry. The leather has age faded gilt line decoration on the edges and the centre of one side has a faded gilt foliate motif. All leather and stitching are intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22963 (Bowies Box) £595.00 |
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WW1 HARRODS R.A.C. Volunteer Force (aka "RAC Corps of Volunteer Motor Drivers") Officer’s Private Purchase Hand Forged Sheffield Made Folding Multi Blade / Tool Clasp Knife Retailed By Harrods (The Famous Knightsbridge London Store). - ED 3010 / 22948 The Royal Automobile Club Volunteer Force (also known as "RAC Corps of Volunteer Motor Drivers") was a group of civilian members of the Royal Automobile Club, who at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, took their personal cars and joined the British Army in France and Belgium, to act as chauffeurs for senior officers. Following their involvement in the early battles of the war, several of their number were appointed to senior positions in the British military establishment. This is a quality made WW1 British Officer’s folding clasp knife with many blades / tools useful in the field carried by an Officer or member of the RAC. It has two 2” single edged blades, a saw blade (2 ½”), a folding screwdriver tool, hook, corkscrew, gimlet and triangular spike (1 ½”). The saw blade, one of the single edged blades and hook are signed ‘Harrods’ (Harrods Ltd Brompton Road SW, the famous Knightsbridge London Store). The other single edged blade is signed ‘Hand Forged Sheffield England’ (there are no maker or date marks on the clasp knife). The knife has undamaged finely chequered ebonised wood scales, one mounted with German Silver plate with initials of the ‘R.A.C’. The blades and tools have staining consistent with age but no damage or rust. This unusual quality piece is worthy of further research and the price includes UK delivery. ED 3010 (in drawers office) £495.00 |
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**RARE**Victorian 1869-1874 Joseph Rodgers 6 Norfolk Street Sheffield Made For Manton & Co Calcutta Spear Point Bowie Knife With Chequered Horn Scales, German Silver Cross Guard & Leather Scabbard. Sn 19279 - 19279 The Manton family were English gunmakers beginning with John in the early 1800's, then his younger brother Joseph who operated circa 1825-35. J. Manton and Son operated circa 1832-1862 and Manton & Co is listed as operating in London and Calcutta circa 1869-74. Manton’s Calcutta operation specialised in supplying quality firearms and blades to British officer’s & Gentlemen in India. Joseph Rodgers had an unsurpassed reputation for knife making in the 19th century. The Star and Maltese cross were granted to Rodgers by the Company in 1764 and both he and later his sons continued to produce quality knives throughout the Victorian era at various premises in Sheffield including the world famous 6 Norfolk Street. Due to the high quality of their work Rodgers & Sons were awarded Royal Warrants. This is a quality 13” long, Spear Point Bowie knife & Scabbard made by Rodgers at their Norfolk street workshop for Manton & Co Calcutta. It has chequered horn scales secured by German Silver pins. A void German silver plate is mounted on one scale and it has a thick oval German silver cross guard. It has an 8 ¼” double edged, spear point steel blade with central fullers on both sides. One side of the blade is crisply marked ‘Joseph Rodgers & Sons, No 6 Norfolk Street Sheffield’ together with ‘Star and Maltese cross’ trademark and the reverse ‘Made For Manton & Co Calcutta’. The blade is 1 1/2" broad at its widest and has just small areas of staining consistent with age. The excellent, original open top brown leather scabbard has a rear belt loop. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19279 £1,345.00 |
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