Sitting on a goldmine?

[TESFox]

I found this sitting in a pile of junk in my basement, it shows some pitting and evidence of minor restorative work. It is stamped 'Plumb St. Louis' on one side and 'C S A 1862' on the reverse. I'm new to knife collecting, but I think I'm sitting on a goldmine here. Can anyone help me out?

Here's some pictures:
http://www.freewebs.com/landsliderevolution/stuff/knife.htm

 

[Gollnick]

it shows some pitting and evidence of minor restorative work.

Unfortunately, those words just suck the value right out of it.

Sorry.

 

[alphamaniv]

I can't see the pics. The link is not working. I guess that to a hardend collector, some restoration and pitting might really hurt the value, but if they are for you then they can be as valuable as you want to make them If you want to sell, it might hurt the value, but surely a re-enactment person or someone similar would pay a decent price for the real deal. I would like to see pics so I hope you can get them working. Whatever it turns out to be worth, I bet it was fun finding them!

 

[Marcelo Cantu]

THE SANDBAR BOWIE!!!

 

[TorzJohnson]

You might have some luck asking 'em over at Bernard Levine's forum.

 

[bob bowie]

That's a 1910/1917 bolo knife used in WW1. If the mark was changed, then it was someone trying to fake an older Bowie.

The knife if left in nice condition would have been in the $100 range, now it would mainly have value as an user.


HTH.

 

[TESFox]

Originally posted by alphamaniv
I can't see the pics. The link is not working. I would like to see pics so I hope you can get them working. Whatever it turns out to be worth, I bet it was fun finding them!

I checked, the page works fine for myself and others, it may be your ISP...

I guess that to a hardend collector, some restoration and pitting might really hurt the value, but if they are for you then they can be as valuable as you want to make them

It appears that the only restoration done to it was to attempt to remove the rust, I may be new to knives, but I know a good bit about guns and restoring them (as i've tried to do with several rust piles ;D )

 

[TESFox]

Originally posted by Marcelo Cantu
THE SANDBAR BOWIE!!!

Eh?

 

[trane fan]

The Sandbar Bowie refers to the knife that Jim Bowie used during the Sandbar Episode. This fight helped to make Bowie a legend. There is great debate over what knife he used and the fate of said knife. The Sandbar knife could almost be described as the "Holy Grail" of knives.

 

[alphamaniv]

I can see clearly now the rain is gone I can see it now, at the very minimum it will make a great story knife, but I bet you might could get some $$$ if you wanted to. Congrats on the find

 

[bob bowie]

Still standing by my answer, it is a 1910/17 bolo made by the F. Plumb tool company. Type 1910 bolo into Google and you'll see it bears me out.

 

[TESFox]

*looks at the picture* I'd be inclined to agree...

 

[THEAVENGER]

As was said before, the knife is a 1917 Bolo knife. In excellent condition with the original sheath they bring about $125-$150. Check out ebay it has to almost brand new to get much any higher. Good luck!
Tim