QUALITY**Victorian Era, Brookes & Crookes Sheffield Antique Ivory Scales Hilt ‘Hunter’s Companion’ Spear Point Bowie Knife With ‘Jones’ Marked Blade & Scabbard. Sn 20780 Hunting Knives

**QUALITY**Victorian Era, Brookes & Crookes Sheffield Antique Ivory Scales Hilt ‘Hunter’s Companion’ Spear Point Bowie Knife With ‘Jones’ Marked Blade & Scabbard. Sn 20780 - 20780

In 1859 the Sheffield cutlers John Brookes & Thomas Crookes appear in Melville & Co’s Commercial directory of Sheffield as manufacturer’s of knives and dressing case instruments. The Company had a warehouse, workshops, engine house & grinding wheel behind a house on St Philip’s Road on the outskirts of the cutlery making district of Sheffield. The workshop / factory was named the Atlantic works and was previously the address of knife maker Thomas Wigfall. The Company took advantage of the booming American market making Bowies for the British & American markets & were renowned for the excellent quality of their knives (see pages 161-163 of The Sheffield Knife Book by Tweedale). This is a quality made Victorian Bowie Knife Brookes & Crookes. It measures 11 ¼” overall with a 6 ¾” spear point bowie blade which is sharp. The blade has areas of staining consistent with age. The ricasso is stamped on one side by the maker ‘Brookes & Crookes Makers Sheffield’ together with their ‘bell’ trademark. The reverse is stamped ‘Jones’ possibly a retailer or name of the original owner of this knife. The blade is marked ‘Hunter’s Companion’. The clean undamaged finely chequered antique ivory grip scales are secured by German Silver pins . The Bowie has a steel finger guard. The dagger is complete with original leather open top scabbard with integral belt loop. The scabbard has a German Silver chape and throat mount. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price for this quality made Victorian Bowie includes UK delivery. Sn 20780 (Antique Ivory Content Comprises Less Than 10% Volume & Weight)

£1,275.00