THIS PATTERN WAS VERY POPULAR DURING THE MID 19TH CENTURY AND WAS OFFERED BY ALMOST ALL MAJOR MAKERS, INCLUDING LAMSON GOODNOW & J. RUSSELL GREEN RIVER WORKS.THIS PRE CIVIL WAR ERA ANTIQUE BUTCHER STYLE FUR TRADE TYPE BELT KNIFE IS SIMILAR TO MANY SEEN IN BOOKS PERTAINING TO NATIVE AMERICANA, AND THE BUFFALO HUNTERS (OR KILLERS) OF THE WESTERN EXPANSION ERA. WIDELY USED AND TRADED BY AMERICAN INDIANS THIS STYLE KNIFE IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE "BUTCHER STYLE BELT KNIFE". IT'S 12 IN. O.A.L. W/A 4 3/4 IN. WOOD HANDLE. THE SMOOTH HARDWOOD SCALES ARE FIRMLY ATTACHED TO THE 7 1/4 IN. CARBON STEEL BLADE WITH 4 SMALL NICKEL SILVER PINS.
***THIS KNIFE HAS FLAT STEEL BOLSTERS PINNED TO THE TANG/HANDLE. NOT A CAST PEWTER BOLSTER. CAST PEWTER BOLSTERS AND INLAYS WERE NOT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE UNTIL THE TECHNOLOGY WAS DEVELOPED BY GOODELL IN 1868. CONTRARY TO WHAT WE SEE LISTED AS CIVIL WAR ERA ON EBAY, ALL COMMERCIALLY PRODUCED KNIVES WITH PEWTER BOLSTERS/GUARDS/INLAYS ARE POST CIVIL WAR.***
THE HANDLE IS FREE FROM CRACKS/DAMAGE EXCEPT SOME TYPICAL SLIGHT NICKS & SCRATCHES AND LITTLE TO NO GAPS AROUND THE FULL TANG. THE SPEAR POINT BLADE IS FULL W/ SCATTERED STAINS/ LIGHT PITTING AND MINOR SHARPENING/USE EVIDENCE. THE BLADE STAMP IS OBLITERATED. A VERY DESIRABLE OLD KNIFE THAT IS PERFECT FOR AN ANTIQUE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN BEADED SHEATH OR TACKED LEATHER SHEATH! A TRUE EARLY VINTAGE BUTCHER, SKINNING, OR HUNTING TYPE KNIFE THAT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR YOUR COLLECTION OF EARLY FIXED BLADES! THIS FINE OLD KNIFE WOULD ALSO BE RIGHT AT HOME IN AN ADIRONDACK STYLE CAMP OR COWBOY CHUCKWAGON OR CIVIL WAR REENACTMENT CAMP. SIMILAR KNIVES ARE REGULARLY FOUND THRUST THROUGH THE BELTS OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND GUNFIGHTER TYPES IN PHOTOS FROM THE LATE 19TH CENTURY INCLUDING ONE WELL KNOWN PHOTO OF WILD BILL HICKOCK DRESSED IN A BUCKSKIN OUTFIT.
SEE MY CURRENT AUCTIONS FOR MORE ANTIQUE KNIVES AND SEVERAL NICE ANTIQUE KNIFE CATALOGS & BOOKS.
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