Bidspirit auction | Outstanding Quality 19th C. German

Outstanding Quality 19th C. German Damascus Hunting - Outstanding Quality 19th C. German Damascus Hunting Bowie Knife Dagger Sword, Fully Blued Blade. Maker Marked. A very fine example for a German Aristocrat in the 1800s, most likely a Private purchase piece ordered by an exclusive design, having a Bowie knife type blade of fine German Damascus steel with wonderful etched decorations of forest, hunting scenes and hunter's attributes, blued for 100 % of its surface which is exceptionally rare to see. Both sides of ricasso with an engraved maker's name. In it's German silver mounts with a steel guard and carved deer stag grip, scabbard housing a smaller skinner knife which might be a later replacement as most of the times the original skinner knives are lost. Fine piece, definitely on top of the Hunting knives list we have ever encountered. Overall length: 20 1/2”. Blade length: 13 1/2”.