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Is this real or does this look like a dressed up kitchen knife to anybody else?
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Yep, it's real. A real dressed up kitchen knife. Hard to say, who's, and when. Looks like old work, but looks can be deceiving. Especially in pictures. Knife style dates back a while. Scabbard looks WWIIish to me. Pretty cool, whatever it is. M.P.
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Yes, this is a dressed up kitchen knife.
It could be anything between civil war and WW II. But I guess that calling it 'civil war' brings the best price ![]() Strictly it is of course not a bowie knife. It would not be my choice as this blade is made for cutting only. |
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Thought I'd add a picture before the listing disappears ....not unusual for 'kitchen' knives to have their 'duties' re-defined....seems to have some age and would certainly be functional as a weapon.
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Vintage(?) Sabatier .
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There is a sucker born every well you know
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I bought a bunch of late 19th C kitchen knives a few years ago from Lee Valley Tools .
They were unused old stock found in a warehouse; nice high carbon steel blades . |
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[QUOTE=trenchwarfare]Although I feel that the knife was misrepresented, calling it a "Civil War Bowie" the knife itself, could date from that period.
Trench I must aggree with you on it being WW1-2 but in no way can it date from the civil war. The knife itself is a French chefs knife and it could be as old as 1900-18 but thats it. The scabbard is either WW1-2 vintage it looks like someone threw this together in their garage plus the screws in the hilt would not have been used during the civil war they would have used rivets that would have been peened over. Lew Btw I see that the seller has now updated the description and has removed the civil war reference ![]() Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 29th December 2008 at 09:21 PM. |
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