Boyle and gamble bowie

[deltablade]

Can anyone provide info as to whether a knife maker named Boyle and gamble Richmond va 1862 is real? I am looking at a bowie so marked, which also is marked E C Jenkins, 21st Virginia, Richmond Va and C. S.

 

[Eli Chaps]

Don't know about the knife but the "21sr Virginia Richmond Va and C S" looked to me like 21st Regiment of Virginia, Confederate States.

A quick Google search of that did indeed show said regiment being formed in 1861.

 

[marcinek]

Sounds like a job for Bernard Levine.

 

[tltt]

No one can say without a picture. Boyle and Gamble made real edged weapons for the Confederacy, but they are one of the most heavily faked names among Civil War artifacts.

 

[deltablade]

here are some pictures. Will Gorges at Battleground Antiques looked at the pics and declared the knife to be 100% guaranteed fake. Thanks for your input.

 

[tltt]

Base knife is a modern Szco Kentucky Bowie.

 

[kvaughn]

Put your hand on your wallet and run like the wind!!----KV

 

[deltablade]

I did. Many thanks to all. Looks like a shyster at the antique show