FALL 2022 PREMIER FIREARMS & MILITARIA AUCTION!
November 2022
FINE & RARE LARGE KINGMAN & HASSAM CIVIL WAR ERA BOWIE KNIFE.
Inv. 02-15519
15.75″ overall, 10.25″ meaty clip point blade w/ choil typical of Hassam. Stag grip, substantial plated iron cross guard w/ sculptured ball finials. This is among the largest Hassam bowies you will find. Accompanied by original German silver mounted leather sheath. Hassam no doubt was the best Boston area Civil War era cutler & his quality is that of a surgical tool. There are several inscribed much smaller knives to Massachusetts Civil War soldiers.
Provenance: Ex-Norm Flayderman.