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I stumbled across this on eBay. Looks like tap typical higher end Bowie from Pompanga? The blade is about 9.5 inches long no sheath.
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Beautiful worked handle, what are the used materials? This bowies are from the WWII area?
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Detlef WW2 or before carved bone and buffalo horn.
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Detlef
Here is a very early example for comparison. This is in my friends collection. |
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Great looking Bowie's Lew. The decorative end caps are some of the nicest I've seen. Did you win the first one? If you did nice catch.
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Yes and got on the cheap due to mis labeling it as an african dagger
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