Used Hunting Knives

VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH

VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH
VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH
VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH
VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH
VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH
VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH
VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH
VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH
VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH
VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH
VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH

VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH
BLADE IS MARKED - JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS CUTLERS TO THEIR MAJESTIES No 6. ENGLAND ALSO HAS THE STAR AND MALTESE CROSS WHICH WAS FIRST USED IN 1682 AND REGISERED BY RODGERS IN 1764. A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO EXACTLY DATE THESE. KNIFE MEASURES JUST OVER 9 3/4" AND THE BLADE 5 7/8".

HANDLE AND HILT ARE ONE PIECE. ANTLER SCALES ARE ATTACHED WITH FOUR RIVETS. WIDTH OF TOP OF THE BLADE IS A FULL 1/4 " AND STARTS TO TAPER AT 3". NOTHING LOOSE OR WORN AND ONLY LIGHT SCUFF MARKS FROM BEING SHARPENED. MAY HAVE BEEN THE ONLY TIME IT WAS SHARPENED.

SHEATH IS WORN AS SHOWN AND APPEARS TO BE MISSING THE TIP. AROUND 1860 AMERICA BECAME RODGERS LARGEST EXPORT MARKET. IT IS CLAIMED A RODGERS HUNTING KNIFE WAS GIVEN TO BUFFALO BILL BY GENERAL CUSTER WHICH BILL USED IN HIS DUEL WITH SITTING BULL LOTS OF HISTORY WITH THIS COMPANY. The item "VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH" is in sale since Tuesday, January 26, 2016.

This item is in the category "Collectibles\Knives, Swords & Blades\Fixed Blade Knives\Vintage (Pre-1970)\Factory Manufactured". The seller is "badgernc" and is located in Greensboro, North Carolina. This item can be shipped to United States.

  • Brand: JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom


VINTAGE JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS SHEFFIELD HUNTING KNIFE / SHEATH