ANTIQUE EDWARD BARNES & SONS SHEFFIELD CIVIL WAR OFFICERS BOWIE KNIFE - ETCHED for Sale

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ANTIQUE EDWARD BARNES & SONS SHEFFIELD CIVIL WAR OFFICERS BOWIE KNIFE - ETCHED For Sale

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ANTIQUE EDWARD BARNES & SONS SHEFFIELD CIVIL WAR OFFICERS BOWIE KNIFE - ETCHED:
$2000.00

THIS LISTING IS FOR A BEAUTIFUL VERY RAREANTIQUE EDWARD BARNES & SONS SHEFFIELD CIVIL WAR OFFICERS BOWIE KNIFE - ETCHED “THE AMERICANS CHOICE” ALSO FIGURAL PATTERNS WITH AN AMERICAN BALD EAGLE & ITS ALSO ETCHED “MANUFACTURED BY EDWARD BARNES & SONS SHEFFIELD” - IT PICTURES WERE KINDA HARD TO TAKE WITH MY LIGHTING BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF ETCHING DOES NOT SHOW UP IN SHADOWS OR GLARING LIGHT, SO I DID THE BEST I COULD. IT HAS SIGNS OF USE ON THE BLADE ( STARTING AT THE BLADE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ETCHING AS SEEN IN SOME OF THE PICTURES ). THE KNIFE IS 11” LONG WITH A 7” BLADE & A 4” FANCY LAQUERED FINISHED HANDLE WHICH CAME WITH AN EXTRA EXPENSIVE ASWELL AS THE ETCHING MAKING THIS MOST LIKELY AN OFFICER OF THE CIVIL WARS BOWIE KNIFE WITH SIGN OF USE CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND BATTLE HOWEVER STILL DISPLAYS VERY NICE & COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL LEATHER & GERMAN SILVER SHEATH MARKED “U.S.” ON ONE SIDE. THESE KNIVES DO NOT COME UP FOR SALE VERY OFTEN INFACT ITS THE ONLY ETCHED “THE AMERICANS CHOICE” EDWARD BARNES BOWIE KNIFE I SEE WITH THIS HANDLE ANYWHERE SOLD, OR FOR SALE. THERE IS A SIMILAR KNIFE IN BETTER CONDITION THATS THE SAME MAKER,MODEL,LENGHT & SAME TYPE SCABBARD BUT WITH A DIFFERENT TYPE OF HANDLE - IT SOLD FOR $9,560.00 AT HERITAGE sales ON NOVEMBER 11th 2007. - ALSO TO POINT OUT, THE HANDLE ON THIS KNIFE IS MORE RARE THEN THE HANDLE THAT WAS ON THE KNIFE THAT SOLD AT sale. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE EDWARD BARNES CIVIL WAR BOWIE KNIFE.