29th January 2025, 06:23 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Germany, Dortmund
Posts: 9,125
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Norman McCormick
Hi,
If you search '19thC ivory hilt spear point Bowie knife' you should get some similar pieces. The enterprising Victorians, as today, freely used 'buzz words' i.e. Bowie, to market all manner of knives. Whether we would recognise them as typical Bowie knives is doubtful and open to interpretation, there is even a so-called cutlery hilted version.
Regards,
Norman.
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Hello Norman,
Yes, some similar daggers pub up with the given search words but these both I wouldn't call bowie knife.
Best regards,
Detlef
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