Antique, Coffin Pommel Sheffield Folding Bowie Knife By S.C.Wragg, C.1
- 1400.00 £
- Published date: July 26, 2025
-
- Ashington, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Antique, Coffin Pommel Sheffield Folding Bowie Knife By S.C.Wragg, C.1
⭕ Very rare, large and desirable antique Sheffield Folding Bowie Knife. It is stamped on the tang S.C. WRAGG / 25 / FURNACE HILL / SHEFFIELD. It was made c. 1845 and is in very nice condition overall. The 5-1/4 blade is full and shows little use and very light sharpening, other than that the blade is 100%. It looks like the pommel on this knife got used more than the blade, it has dents and dings on one side from being used as a tapping device, probably used to loosen the barrel wedge on a Colts revolver for cleaning or reloading.
The knife is 6-1/4 inches closed and 11-1/2 inches open. Its a very solid knife, nice and tight in the open/locked position with no wiggle or looseness in the blade. The blade has excellent SNAP when opening and closing. Beefy, two-piece black & tan colored horn grips with large, 1862 crudely hand carved into the reverse side of grip which could be evidence of CIVIL WAR usage. Probably done by a soldier with not much else to do around the camp.
The COFFIN shaped pommel has a rare design referred to by knife collectors as the State Seal of Louisiana. Please see picture #5 for an article on this particular pommel design from a 1957 October issue of The American Arms Collector written by Ben Palmer.
This is a wonderful, early c. 1845 fighting knife that has seen much American frontier history having been around during the Mexican war, California Gold Rush, and the Civil War.
These big, early Sheffield folding Bowies are very difficult to find and much more difficult to find in this condition. In Bernard Levines article in the Sept. 1993 issue of Blade magazine he writes of these 19th - Century Classics as being the ultimate in antique folders.
The knife is 6-1/4 inches closed and 11-1/2 inches open. Its a very solid knife, nice and tight in the open/locked position with no wiggle or looseness in the blade. The blade has excellent SNAP when opening and closing. Beefy, two-piece black & tan colored horn grips with large, 1862 crudely hand carved into the reverse side of grip which could be evidence of CIVIL WAR usage. Probably done by a soldier with not much else to do around the camp.
The COFFIN shaped pommel has a rare design referred to by knife collectors as the State Seal of Louisiana. Please see picture #5 for an article on this particular pommel design from a 1957 October issue of The American Arms Collector written by Ben Palmer.
This is a wonderful, early c. 1845 fighting knife that has seen much American frontier history having been around during the Mexican war, California Gold Rush, and the Civil War.
These big, early Sheffield folding Bowies are very difficult to find and much more difficult to find in this condition. In Bernard Levines article in the Sept. 1993 issue of Blade magazine he writes of these 19th - Century Classics as being the ultimate in antique folders.
Phone number ✆ 07624 796602
Ashington, West Sussex
Related listings
-
ANTIQUE FRENCH BISQUE TETE JUMEAU BEBE W...
COLLECTIBLES Bromley (London) September 2, 2025 1400.00 £ -
Imperial ORDER OF ST. Stanislaus With Sw...
COLLECTIBLES Sedbury (Gloucestershire) September 2, 2025 1400.00 £ -
STEUBEN AURENE VASE DECORATED MILLEFIORI...
COLLECTIBLES Burley (Hampshire) September 2, 2025 1400.00 £
-
105 Matchboxes For Candles, BBQ, Gas Coo...
COLLECTIBLES Wells Next the Sea (Norfolk) September 2, 2025 30.00 £ -
LOUIS VUITTON Boite Bouteilles Beauty Tr...
COLLECTIBLES Brentwood (Essex) September 2, 2025 1400.00 £ -
-
HOHM HOEHM Cut Away Chassis Model Visibl...
COLLECTIBLES Broxted (Essex) September 2, 2025 1100.00 £ -
MEGA RARE WWII GERMAN LUFTWAFFE ME-109 A...
COLLECTIBLES Kingsbury (Warwickshire) September 1, 2025 1300.00 £ -
RANDALL MADE KNIFE Anniversary Scrimmed
COLLECTIBLES Wiveliscombe (Somerset) September 1, 2025 2100.00 £
-
@@420 STRAIN OF ALL TYPE AVAILABLE NOW@@...
COLLECTIBLES Southwick (West Sussex) September 1, 2025 33.00 £ -
RARE WWII JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD/SHIN GU...
COLLECTIBLES Beeston (Norfolk) September 1, 2025 2400.00 £ -
EM Ginn Handmade Gramophone Phonograph R...
COLLECTIBLES Northampton (Northamptonshire) September 1, 2025 1790.00 £
-
-
WW2 German Paratrooper Helmet In Mint Co...
COLLECTIBLES Baldock (Hertfordshire) September 1, 2025 1600.00 £ -
-
Authentic Hermes Gray Clemence Leather B...
COLLECTIBLES Waterlooville (Hampshire) September 1, 2025 1500.00 £ -
Russia. Faberge Gold Enamel Lorgnette He...
COLLECTIBLES Ottery St Mary (Devon) September 1, 2025 2200.00 £ -
-
BEST BIG 18 VERY RARE MEISSEN GROUP FIGU...
COLLECTIBLES Shrewsbury (Shropshire) August 31, 2025 1500.00 £ -
-
-
SCOPINICH TEAK & SS 130 LB TOURNAMENT FI...
COLLECTIBLES Barnoldswick (Lancashire) August 31, 2025 2800.00 £ -
-
-
-
LOUIS VUITTON ANTIQUE VINTAGE STEAMER TR...
COLLECTIBLES Hedge End (Hampshire) August 31, 2025 1600.00 £ -
Comic Books, RPGs, Books, Toys, Records,...
COLLECTIBLES Wiveliscombe (Somerset) August 31, 2025 1.00 £
-
Louis Vuitton Steamer Trunk Antique Vint...
COLLECTIBLES St. Ives (Cornwall) August 31, 2025 1950.00 £ -
FAST LOCOMOTIVE MARKLIN HR 64/13020
COLLECTIBLES Cleethorpes (Lincolnshire) August 31, 2025 1350.00 £ -
RARE Survivor 1957 Wurlitzer 2100 Jukebo...
COLLECTIBLES Porlock (Somerset) August 31, 2025 3000.00 £
-
MEISSEN FIGURAL LAMP C.1890 CUPIDS SEMI-...
COLLECTIBLES Skipton (North Yorkshire) August 31, 2025 2100.00 £ -
Rare Dunhill 9ct Gold Pocket Lighter Wit...
COLLECTIBLES Leyburn (North Yorkshire) August 31, 2025 4000.00 £ -
-
WWI Greek Army Helmet- French Adrian Mod...
COLLECTIBLES Tenbury Wells (Worcestershire) August 31, 2025 1800.00 £ -
Corgi Small Scale 91000; MAN Truck; Box ...
COLLECTIBLES Kilmington (Wiltshire) August 30, 2025 7.00 £ -
Vintage Petter Handyman Lamp Start, Stat...
COLLECTIBLES Mirfield (West Yorkshire) August 30, 2025 3000.00 £
-
-
A Gigantic Secessionist Zsolnay Tulip Va...
COLLECTIBLES West Meon (Hampshire) August 30, 2025 1800.00 £ -
Well Worn Black & White Socks And Sheer ...
COLLECTIBLES Eskdale Green (Cumbria) August 30, 2025 6.00 £
-
BINOCULARS FERNROHR PRE WW2 CARL ZEISS A...
COLLECTIBLES Hadlow Down (East Sussex) August 30, 2025 1900.00 £ -
Folding Kodak No 5 Improved Stereo Camer...
COLLECTIBLES Moreton in Marsh (Gloucestershire) August 30, 2025 2800.00 £ -
Rare Antique 1920s Lenci Felt Boudoir Fl...
COLLECTIBLES West Dean (East Sussex) August 30, 2025 1700.00 £
-
-
Picasso Madoura Ceramic Platter Titled F...
COLLECTIBLES Lydney (Gloucestershire) August 30, 2025 2400.00 £ -
Gw ZF4 GERMAN SNIPER SCOPE WITH QUICK RE...
COLLECTIBLES Whitehaven (Cumbria) August 30, 2025 1400.00 £
-
-
-
Ricky Gervais Signed Cardboard Poster Of...
COLLECTIBLES Malton (North Yorkshire) August 30, 2025 200.00 £
-
CROSS Classic Century Fountain Pen - 10K...
COLLECTIBLES St. Keyne (Cornwall) August 30, 2025 45.00 £ -
-
-
-
-
LONGCHAMP Genuine CROCODILE BRIEFCASE La...
COLLECTIBLES Stapleford Tawney (Essex) August 30, 2025 1300.00 £
-
For Fast And Legit Delivery. - Collectib...
COLLECTIBLES Belford (Northumberland) August 30, 2025 90.00 £ -
-
Fabulous Antique Louis Vuitton Steamer T...
COLLECTIBLES Chipping Campden (Gloucestershire) August 30, 2025 1800.00 £
-
BEST WWII A2 LEATHER 8th ARMY AIR CORP F...
COLLECTIBLES Cheadle (Manchester) August 30, 2025 1100.00 £ -
RARE Survivor 1957 Wurlitzer 2100 Jukebo...
COLLECTIBLES Hayling Island (Hampshire) August 30, 2025 3000.00 £ -
FRANKLIN MINT IMPERIAL FABERGE CHESS SET
COLLECTIBLES Husbands Bosworth (Leicestershire) August 30, 2025 1300.00 £
-
-
POLYPHON MUSIC BOX 64 INCHES HIGH WITH 1...
COLLECTIBLES Newhaven (East Sussex) August 29, 2025 1800.00 £ -
1923 Stationary Engines-5 Horse Power
COLLECTIBLES Horsted Keynes (West Sussex) August 29, 2025 2000.00 £
-
-
EXTREMELY RARE HEUER RALLY-MASTER - GENU...
COLLECTIBLES Exhall (Warwickshire) August 29, 2025 2500.00 £ -
-
Set Ferrari Leather Luggage Schedoni Of ...
COLLECTIBLES Broughton (Hampshire) August 29, 2025 2000.00 £ -
Fabulous Antique Louis Vuitton Steamer T...
COLLECTIBLES Welwyn (Hertfordshire) August 29, 2025 1800.00 £ -
Vintage Speedway Racing Helmet By Webco,...
COLLECTIBLES Billinghurst (West Sussex) August 29, 2025 1300.00 £
-
1864 Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Champ...
COLLECTIBLES Uffington (Lincolnshire) August 29, 2025 1600.00 £ -
Carrs Of Sheffield Solid Silver Canteen ...
COLLECTIBLES Stowmarket (Suffolk) August 29, 2025 1700.00 £ -
S.KIRK STERLING SILVER REPOUSSE CHINESE ...
COLLECTIBLES Swinbrook (Oxfordshire) August 29, 2025 2200.00 £
-
Antique 1849 Jaques London Chess Set & L...
COLLECTIBLES Borehamwood (Hertfordshire) August 29, 2025 2600.00 £ -
Antique Rare BRU Fashion With Bisque Arm...
COLLECTIBLES Lincoln (Lincolnshire) August 29, 2025 1700.00 £ -
Mont Blanc Lorenzo De Medici Fountain Pe...
COLLECTIBLES Potters Bar (Hertfordshire) August 29, 2025 1700.00 £
-
-
GORGEOUS Pair Of SEVRES Vases Or Urns St...
COLLECTIBLES Haywards Heath (West Sussex) August 29, 2025 2700.00 £ -
Bicycle Clement & Cie 1895 ,Vintage Safe...
COLLECTIBLES Ashbourne (Derbyshire) August 29, 2025 1500.00 £
-
Herschede Grandfather Clock Christopher ...
COLLECTIBLES Middleham (North Yorkshire) August 29, 2025 4500.00 £ -
-
Edison Spring Motor Phonograph SN 3656, ...
COLLECTIBLES Drewsteignton (Devon) August 29, 2025 2400.00 £
-
RARE TELEPHONE ANCIEN MOBILE ARSONVAL Ol...
COLLECTIBLES Meriden (Warwickshire) August 29, 2025 1900.00 £ -
-
LOUIS VUITTON BOOTSHOE STEAMER TRUNKCASE
COLLECTIBLES St. Agnes (Cornwall) August 29, 2025 1800.00 £
-
BEST WWII A2 LEATHER 8th ARMY AIR CORP F...
COLLECTIBLES Birkenhead (Merseyside) August 29, 2025 1100.00 £ -
Louis Vuitton Wardrobe Vintage Circa 191...
COLLECTIBLES Dundee (Scotland) August 29, 2025 1800.00 £ -
-
-
EARLY COLOR TV Motorola 1950s Television...
COLLECTIBLES Gatwick (West Sussex) August 29, 2025 3000.00 £ -
Vintage Ernst Plank Hot Tube Ignition Op...
COLLECTIBLES Welwyn (Hertfordshire) August 29, 2025 3000.00 £
-
-
Exceptional USMC Property Marked LYMAN S...
COLLECTIBLES Edenbridge (Kent) August 28, 2025 1500.00 £ -
LOUIS VUITTON Boite Bouteilles Beauty Tr...
COLLECTIBLES Cleethorpes (Lincolnshire) August 28, 2025 1400.00 £
-
Antique, Coffin Pommel Sheffield Folding...
COLLECTIBLES Brighton (East Sussex) August 28, 2025 1400.00 £ -
SET ROYAL COPENHAGEN BLUE FLUTED FULL - ...
COLLECTIBLES Bigbury On Sea (Devon) August 28, 2025 1500.00 £ -