Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Cutlers To Her Majesty Knive

Joseph Rodgers & Sons Sheffield Cutlers To Her Majesty Spear Point Bowie / Hunting Knife With German Silver Cross Guard, Polished Horn Scales & Scabbard. ED 2530 - ED 2530

Joseph Rodgers had an unsurpassed reputation for knife making in the 19th century. The Star and Maltese cross were granted to Rodgers by the Company in 1764 and both he and later his sons continued to produce quality knives throughout the Victorian era at various premises in Sheffield including the world famous 6 Norfolk Street. Due to the high quality of their work Rodgers & Sons were awarded Royal Warrants. This is a quality 12 ¼” long, Spear Point Bowie hunting knife & Scabbard made by Rodgers & Sons. It has polished horn scales secured by pins. A void German silver escutcheon is mounted on one scale and it has a German silver cross guard. It has a clean 7 ¾” spear point steel blade with medial ridge. The blade is very sharp. One side of the blade is crisply marked ‘Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Cutlers To Her Majesty’ together with their ‘Star and Maltese cross’ trademark & Crown VR (Victoria Regina). The brown leather covered wood scabbard has a belt frog with eyelet and belt loop secured at the throat by a German silver locket on the scabbard. The price for this Victorian Bowie by a quality maker includes UK delivery. ED 2530

£675.00