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Home Products Bowie

Bowie

by Wostenholm, George

SKU 1061494

Date Added 01/24/2023

# Available This product is out of stock

Price $295.00

Overview

This Antique Bowie by George Wostenholm and Son features a clip point blade with false top edge, .187" blade stock and 1.233" blade depth, full tang construction. The handle has a nickel silver guard and stag scales. This knife is pretty rough, but there is enough of the makers mark to know who made it. The guard is loose, the scales have shrunk, has been resharpened and used a lot, the spine of the blade has hammer marks on it from years of use, poor condition. But for what it is, its still a pretty cool old antique bowie. Imagine all the tales it could tell.

Product Details

Blade Length 7.75

Overall Length 12.5

Weight (oz) 10.7

Source Previously owned

Additional Specs

Knife Type Full Tang

Blade Material Carbon Steel

Blade Details Clip Point

Handle Material Metallic, Horn & Antler

About the Maker

Wostenholm, George

The third George in this family business acquired the cutlers mark ‘I*XL’ in 1826; the mark which made the company famous. Wostenholm specialized in knives and razors, dominating the American market with their products. Their original workshop, Rockingham Works, became too small to cope with demand and by 1848 they moved to Washington Works, named in honour of their American trade. George Wostenholm was an excellent salesman, and made around 30 trans-Atlantic trips to America throughout his life. This was when sailing ships were still in use and steamships were still a very new innovation; the crossing would take a number of weeks and was still very dangerous. It was Wostenholm’s willingness to travel and his skills as a trader that meant the I*XL brand was one of the most famous in America by the mid-nineteenth century. It was his travel to America that meant he declined the role of Master Cutler three times saying that he would not be able to spare time to undertake the role, before he finally accepted in 1856. In the 1850s they increased production of their most famous product, the Bowie knife. These knives were often etched with American eagles and patriotic slogans.