Steel blade Bowie Knife with brass cross guard. Hand Wrought, with hand hammered brass rivets securing a wood hilt. 15″ Overall Length, 10″ blade. Pitting, gray and green patina. Age unknown, patina and construction commensurate with a 19th Century knife. Includes a well matched Leather belt holster. Sloppily stamped on either side of the blade: J. BLACK ARK T USA, 1835. These marks are almost certainly Spurious, and there is no provenance with this knife.

Keywords: Civil War, James Black, Jim Bowie, Antique, Fighting Knife, Sword,