A VERY WELL KEPT VINTAGE - ANTIQUE ITALIANMADE ORIGINAL BOWIE FORWHITBYENGLISH BOWIE KNIFE MAKERS, THE HIGH CARBON STEEL BLADE IS IN FINE SHAPE AND AS FOUND, IT IS MARKED AS ABOVE WITH THE MAKERS NAME WHICH CAN BE SEEN CLEARLY IN THE PICS SUPPLIED, THE BLADE IS STILL SHARP AND HAS NO DAMAGE B UT DOES HAVE SOM,E SHALLOW BUT MINOR RUST PITTING, THE RUST IS NO LONGER ACTIVE AND THE POLISH IS VERY GOOD, THE HANDLE SCALES ARE OF ROSEWOOD AND ARE HELD INTO PLACE WITH BRASS PINS, THE CROSS GUARD IS OF WHITE BRASS - NICKEL AND HAS NO DAMAGE.THE LEATHER SHEATH HAS A STAG ON THE FRONT AND IS IN FINE SHAPE FOR AGE AND THE POPPER STUD HOLDER IS STILL FUNCTIONAL..A FINE EXAMPLE AND IN GOOD CONDITION, I AM 56 AND HAD ONE OF THESE PASSED DOWN TO ME BY MY FATHER WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD,THAT WAS BEFORE BRITAIN WAS A NANNY STATE AND TODAY I WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR HAVING THIS FINE KNIFE ON MY BELT \'\' SAD BUT TRUE \'\'.SIZE IS TOTAL IN SHEATH 11 INS, BLADE 5 INS, HANDLE - HILT 4-1/2 INS.NO RETURN, BUYER MUST COMPLETE PAYPAL PAYMENT WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE sale ENDING \'\'WITHOUT EXCEPTION\'\', IF PAYMENT IS NOT RECEIVED WITHIN THE STATED 48 HOURS THEN AN INSTANT NON PAID ITEM CASE WILL BE OPENED AGAINST YOU, THIS IS NOTHING PERSONAL AND IS ONLY DUE TO BAD EXPERIENCES IN THE PAST WITH NON PAYERS.

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