Very Rare Confederate Leech & Rigdon Large
​                       Fighting Knife & Scabbard 
​                    { In my personal Collection }
​                { Sorry not for sale at this Time }

Identified Confederate Very Rare Fighting Knife 
  Pvt. L.L. Everhart 42nd North Carolina Infantry 
          came right from the Family descendants
                                        { SOLD }

 Confederate Large Bowie Knife blacksmith made
      from a File & original Tin Sheath   { SOLD }     

      Captured Confederate D-Guard Bowie Knife
  Captain William H. Sackett 3rd & 11th Infantry
   Captured March 14th 1862 at the Battlefield of
               Newbern North Carolina { SOLD }

 Confederate D-Guard & Sheath Pictured in the 
       Antique Bowie Knife Book { SOLD }

    Confederate D-Guard Bowie Knife & original
   Tin Sheath, in Confederate Bowie Knifes Book 
​                Pvt/Sgt/1st Sgt William C. McCord                        34th North Carolina infantry Company G.
​               { IN MY PERSONAL COLLECTION }
​                  { Sorry not for sale at this Time }  

Very rare Identified Confederate D-Guard Bowie Knife with its Original medal tin Sheath pictured in the Confederate Bowie Knifes Book Pvt/Sgt/1st Sgt William C. McCord 34th North Carolina infantry. overall length 19 1/4 inches & blade length 14 inches this is pictured in the Confederate Bowie Knife Book on page 240. 

      He was first in the " Witherspoon Guards "
  Pvt. Charles F. McDuffey 21st Alabama Infantry
   Sgt. Charles McDuffee 32rd Alabama Infantry 
 { This is one of the Finest Identified Confederate
 D-Guard`s that's in Private Collection } { SOLD } 

 Large 1800`s Bowie Spear Point Fighting Knife
    with Original Military Scabbard, bought this 
          from the Famous Bowie Knife Collector          
                   Floyd Ritter my good friend 

         Identified: Famous Fighting Bowie Knife
             That belonged to my Family member         
    Pvt. Charles Wandling 9th Hawkins Zouaves
                   New York Infantry Company K. 
       { Historical Identified Wood head Knife }
                    { In My Personal Collection }
         { Sorry never for sale my Family Knife }

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1850`s Identified Wood head Fighting Knife from Sheffield England. Union Pvt. Charles Wandling, 9th co. k Hawkins Zouaves, New York V.V. I.   It has etching on the blade consisting of Swirls and Motto "Americans ask nothing but what is right & submit to nothing that is wrong".  In the middle of blade there is an Eagle and letters that read OK.  Also etched "United States the land of the free and the Home of the Brave". overall length is 14 inches & the Clip Point blade is 9 1/4 inches.  It was in three major Battles: Roanoke Island, N.C. 2/08/62- Camden or South Mills, N.C. 4/19/62- Antietam or Sharpsburg, MD.  They lost 60% of their Regiment. Featured in the North South Trader`s Civil War Magazine Vol. 29 No. 5/2003.     

  Captain & Lt.Colonel Benjamin Franklin Pratt 
     35th Massachusetts & 36th Colored Infantry
              { IN MY PERSONAL COLLECTION }
​                 { Sorry not for sale at this Time }

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This knife is identified to Lt. Colonel Benjamin Franklin Pratt 35th Massachusetts Infantry wounded at Antietam Md. Sept. 17th, 1862.  Then was assigned to the 36th Colored Infantry U.S.  The Ricasso stamped with General Taylor on horseback & etching on the  ivory handle. Brevet Brig-Gen 3/13/1865 This Identified knife was owned by Bowie Knife Collector Bill Meyer & Floyd Ritter. All of his military & pension records are included with it. 1850`s Knife Spear Point Blade Size 8 3/4 inches & Overall Length 13 1/2 inches. { LATER WAS A BREVET BRIG. GENERAL }
  { GREAT IDENTIFIED KNIFE } ALSO CHECK OUT THE PRATT SWORD THAT I JUST BOUGHT THAT WAS ALSO WITH HIM AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM MD. & FREDERICKSBURG VA. A GREAT SET TOGETHER AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE TOGETHER THE SWORD & FIGHTING KNIFE.     

    Confederate Southern Made Double D-Guard
made from a File, Confederate Double D-Guard`s
    are very Rare, pictured in the Antique ​Bowie
​               Knife Journal No. 1 2022  { SOLD }

 Confederate Georgia Arsenal very Large D-Guard
  Knife & Original Leather Sheath { SOLD }      

       Black Smith Southern made Confederate
  D-Guard Clip Point Blade & old Leather Sheath
     Large Southern Confederate Fighting Knife 
 { Bought from Bowie Knife Expert Floyd Ritter }
               { IN MY PERSONAL COLLECTION } 
                   { Sorry not for sale at this Time }

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THIS IS A VERY NICE BIG FIGHTING CLIP POINT BOWIE KNIFE IT WAS SOLD TO ME FROM FLOYD RITTER BOWIE KNIFE COLLECTOR & EXPERT. IT WAS SOLD TO HIM MANY YEARS AGO FROM COLLECTOR FROM BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA IN 1984.
THIS SOUTHERN MADE BLACK SMITH D-GUARD KNIFE IS MADE FROM A WAGON WHEEL OR BUGGY SPRING VERY RARE. IT HAS THE NEATEST WOOD HANDLE & OVER ALL LENGTH 17 INCHES & BLADE LENGTH 12 INCHES. THE LEATHER SHEATH THAT FITS IT LIKE A GLOVE IS 13 INCHES IN LENGTH. UPDATE ON 9/18/2015 FLOYD RITTER ANTIQUE COLLECTOR & BOWIE KNIFE EXPERT SIGNED A DOCUMENTATION LETTER STATING THAT HE SOLD THIS TO ME YEARS AGO & HE BOUGHT IT FROM BOWIE KNIFE EXPERT THAT WROTE BOOKS ON KNIFES HOWARD COLE COLLECTOR BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA.  
                                                                            { IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS }