Mystery blade

[katana]

Originally Posted by freebooter

Ouch!!!



My thoughts tend to point to an American Bowie, I beleive if it was Chinese, that hilt would have been longer, therefore the tang too would have been longer. If it was mounted onto a pole I too think the tang would have been longer and it would have two holes in it. The 13cm tang in consistant with the current overall length of the object although the cut out still has me thrown off a little...Given the time Brian and if to taste, a nice oval brass disk guard and some deer horn antler slabs from those lovely deer you have running around over there would look "choice bro"

Gav

With the massive influx of Chinese migrant workers into America during the building of the railways, 19th C .....could this be a 'Chinese' inspired Bowie.....would certainly 'tie up' the 'loose ends'..

Regards David