Sandbar Bowie?

[kronckew]

Sajen, I concurr.


Did some googling. Looks a lot like a spear point bowie by George Butler, Sheffield - probably late 19c. The std. ones he made are marked on the side of the blade, but his standard models were only up to 8 in. blades. I also found he made custom blanks for others to haft. And he'd make unmarked customs as requested by customers & was known for making non-standard ones. Appears he normally used a full tang/slab sides with 5 pins for stag grips, but not for larger crown stag grips.


I contacted the vendor of mine, & they said they thought it was German.late 19c-early 20th.


p.s. - Ijust noted i'd forgot to list the blade length on mine it's 10.25 in. - i.e. non-standard.



Picture is of one I found at a past auction, marked as Butler, 1860. note the false edge and recessed Picasso - dead ringer for my new bowie. Found a couple more of his std. spearpoints like this, just in worse condition.