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Details
A RARE CUTLERY HILTED ETCHED BLADE SHEFFIELD BOWIE KNIFE MADE FOR THE MEXICAN OR SOUTH AMERICAN MARKET, CIRCA 1870
Large clip point blade, etched with motto No Me Sague ___ Razon ____ Sin Honor. (areas of the etched panel obscured by pitting), marked at ricasso Cast Steel/Sheffield, German-silver hilt embossed with dolphins (sea-creature) and cherub, red leather sheath with traces of gilt stamping, German-silver throat and chape
9¾ inch (24.6 cm.) blade
Areas of pitting on blade
Large clip point blade, etched with motto No Me Sague ___ Razon ____ Sin Honor. (areas of the etched panel obscured by pitting), marked at ricasso Cast Steel/Sheffield, German-silver hilt embossed with dolphins (sea-creature) and cherub, red leather sheath with traces of gilt stamping, German-silver throat and chape
9¾ inch (24.6 cm.) blade
Areas of pitting on blade
Literature
Conger, Roger N., Texas Collector: Gaines de Graffenried, Texian Press, Waco, 1987, page 30.