Listing description:

Antique Sheffield Bowie Knife, "The Hunter's Knife," Challenge Cutlery Co.

Genuine antique English-made hunting bowie, circa 1890s to early 1900s, with documented Illinois family history.

Details

Maker: Challenge Cutlery Co., Sheffield, England (tang stamp reads CHALLENGE / CUTLERY CO / SHEFFIELD / ENGLAND)

Blade etched "THE HUNTER'S KNIFE" with scrollwork panel; etch is still legible

Stag handle, intact,

Clip point bowie profile

Includes later period leather sheath we with flower design

History

One sheath is hand-lettered "Mrs. O.R. Eichholz, Nachusa, Ill." Records match a woman of that name who was born in 1869 in Kosciusko County, Indiana, lived in Lee County, Illinois, died in 1966, and is buried at Emmert Cemetery in Nachusa. The link to the knife rests on the name and place on the sheath, so I can't say how long she owned it or whether it was originally hers or her family's. Just figured this was a cool story to have it adds a bit of history.

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