Id this gangster bowie

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When I was watching baggage battles season 5 episode 1 Valerie got a suitcase belonged to a gangster Meyer Lansky that had a hat belonged to him and a classic stag Bowie knife. But I can't get more information about the knife. If you know share here. thank you.

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Pictures aren't good enough to tell, but it is a standard clip point with stag handle that was popular 1860's - 1930's. The important thing to take note of is the shape of the handle, if it tapers smaller as you get away from the guard, it is a Bowie Style Hunter, and dates later 1890's - 1930's. Small chance it could be a an earlier Original Bowie type, but it's closer to the other two styles mentioned before it.

Older, true Bowie type -

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Later Bowie Style Hunter type -

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Edit, yeah, it's a standard Bowie Style Hunter of the 1890's - 1930's.

You can see it here at the start, and around twelve minutes in -

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tltt said:
Pictures aren't good enough to tell, but it is a standard clip point with stag handle that was popular 1860's - 1930's. The important thing to take note of is the shape of the handle, if it tapers smaller as you get away from the guard, it is a Bowie Style Hunter, and dates later 1890's - 1930's. Small chance it could be a an earlier Original Bowie type, but it's closer to the other two styles mentioned before it.

Older, true Bowie type -

images
.

Later Bowie Style Hunter type -

images
.

Edit, yeah, it's a standard Bowie Style Hunter of the 1890's - 1930's.

You can see it here at the start, and around twelve minutes in -

.
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Thank you
 
I noticed that the handle used multiple small pins instead of Cutler's rivet's, and in general the use of the multiple small pins is older but I'm not sure it pertains to bowies.
It seems like a Sheffield pattern Bowie to me, so that may mean something as far as timeframe is concerned.
 
Yes I was thinking about Sheffield too but the Gaurd is oval than regular Sheffield gaurds which is straight
 
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