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$49.00 |
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Pipe Hawk (Smokable)
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$105.00 |
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US 1850 Field Officer's Sword
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$115.00 |
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Foot Officer's Sword
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$115.00 |
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Confederate Cavalry Officer's Sword
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$115.00 |
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Civil War Trooper's Sword
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$115.00 |
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Civil War U.S. Foot Officer's Sword
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$115.00 |
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Civil War U.S. Cavalry Sword
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$115.00 |
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Confederate Cavalry Sword w/Sheath
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$115.00 |
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California Bowie When the
forty-niners went overland to the Gold Rush of California, most took
along a Bowie knife to use on the trail, and for “social purposes,” if
the need should arise. Some had a fancy side etch like this one:
“Californian Bowie Knife”. Although the original of this knife was made
by the I. Lingard company in Sheffield (and not in California!) we have
included it in our “States’ Bowies” series because of its use of the
marketability of California in the post-Civil War period. Such knives
are difficult to find today. |
$219.00 |
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Chevalier Bowie John Chevalier had a shop on
Broadway, in New York, where he made Bowie knives and surgical
instruments from 1835 to 1871. His quality was first rate; one of his
Bowies was presented to Edwin Forest, a larger-than-life theatrical star
of the period and apparently a collector of Bowies.. Another knife was
presented to Forest by James “Jim” Bowie, himself, probably when Forest
and Bowie were both in Natchez. Surviving Chevalier Bowies are much
sought-after by collectors |
$219.00 |
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New Orleans Bowie This knife replicates an existing original, made in the French Quarter of New Orleans by a cutler named Pradel. The knife is relatively compact and could well have been commissioned by a client with easy concealment in mind. The checkered buffalo horn grip and clean lines give this piece an outstanding appearance.
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$219.00 |
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Hunter Bowie Alfred Hunter was a cutler from Newark, New Jersey. He was in the Bowie knife business in the 1830’s and 1840’s. His bowies were top quality then, and very rare now. The notch on the blade is called a Spanish notch, a feature found in several variations on some early Bowies
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$219.00 |
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Bell Bowie This is a replication of a Bowie
knife made by Samuel Bell. Bell was a cutler and silversmith first in
Knoxville, Tennessee, then in San Antonio, Texas. He became mayor of
Knoxville during his career and is also known for a pair of silver spurs
that he made for Sam Houston. The original knife still exists in a
private collection – it is large, even by frontier standards, but is
beautifully proportioned and a delight to handle. |
$219.00 |
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Horse-Gator Bowie The original of this knife,
with its interesting hilt design, was made in the mid-1850’s by the
Woodhead and Hartley company. The design on the pommel is a “half-horse,
half-alligator”, said to have been derived from a line in an American
folk song “I’m half-horse, half-alligator and I can whup anybody in the
house”. Similar pommels were used by a number of Sheffield manufacturers
on their Bowies. |
$219.00 |
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Vicksburg Bowie The original of this knife,
whose blade carries another version of the “Spanish notch”, was made in
about 1836 by the W. & S. Butcher company, whose growth was based almost
entirely on sales of its products into the American market. The blade
style is indicative of the early production date of this Bowie and the
hilt style became known as a “dogbone” grip for obvious reasons.
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$219.00 |
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Death to Traitors Bowie The original of this
Bowie, with a blade etch designed to appeal to the Union loyalists
during the American Civil War, was made by W. & H. Whitehead in about
1860. Many Northern troops carried “Death to Traitors” knives, and they
were referred to by Southerners as “Damn Yankee Knives”. The hilt style
of this Bowie became very popular and remained in common use when the
Bowie was shortened and relegated to the role of a hunting knife |
$219.00 |
