Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! Please Check back regularly for new listings of quality weapons. Mounted with a heavy solid lead grip having one large rivet towards the double disked pommel, the handle is quite heavy and can easily serve as a percussion weapon such as scull crasher. Blade of typical clip point form of rough hand forged steel or iron showing extensive oxidation and extremely heavy patina throughout, multiple nicks to the edge. It is obvious that the knife has laid in the ground for a long tome and was probably found right on the battle field where it was probably used by its killed owner.
Overall solid and intact, the blade and iron guard are sealed and reinforced with the same material as the grip, probably lead. The item "Interesting Battle Field Pick Up American Civil War GA Confederate Bowie Knife" is in sale since Friday, December 23, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\Civil War (1861-65)\Original Period Items\Edged Weapons".
The seller is "antiqueblades" and is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida. This item can be shipped worldwide.