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Mapping and Webb bowie knife: is it Authentic and what is it's History?
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Big company history - https://hawleysheffieldknives.com/n-fulldetails.php?val=m&kel=380 .
Blade is correct. I'd want it in hand to check out the handle. Depending on where it was sold it could be cataloged as a Bowie or what some call a "London Hunting Knife" or "English Adventurer's Knife". See Levine's article in "Knives 98" for more on that. They are very close, the main difference being the latter in the British colonies was used for both human and animal offense/defense, and they're usually a tad stouter than Bowie knives meant for America.
That stamp started in 1860 or so, and the market for these types of blades tended to be 1870's - first quarter of the 20th century, give or take a bit.
Blade is correct. I'd want it in hand to check out the handle. Depending on where it was sold it could be cataloged as a Bowie or what some call a "London Hunting Knife" or "English Adventurer's Knife". See Levine's article in "Knives 98" for more on that. They are very close, the main difference being the latter in the British colonies was used for both human and animal offense/defense, and they're usually a tad stouter than Bowie knives meant for America.
That stamp started in 1860 or so, and the market for these types of blades tended to be 1870's - first quarter of the 20th century, give or take a bit.
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Thankyou. So when you say were used for both hunting and war. Could this have been used in the civil war? Also what prices do they generally go for? Thankyou
Its not a "Civil War bowie knife" unless it has some sort of actual provenance.....
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Don't know, all you can say is the stamp started to be used around 1860. Everyone throws the "Civil War" idea on any older Bowie. As mentioned, unless it's absolutely provable, it's just a nice old knife. It could've just as likely been bought in England by an Englishman for a Safari trip that might or might not have happened. For a long period, boar, big cat, etc.... hunting with spear and knife in the colonies was a popular trip for adventurous Brits.