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CONFEDERATE SIDE KNIFE

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
CONFEDERATE SIDE KNIFE
CONFEDERATE SIDE KNIFE. Heavy 11 blade. This knife is presumably made by W.J. McElroy or Macon, Georgia. It has a solid brass handle with a cruciform guard and a lanyard ring on the pommel. Published newspaper accounts during the Civil War reported that McElroy made a "Lasso Bowie", the idea being to swing the knife on a rope(lasso) and release to impale the enemy. This is the knife that is accepted as the "Lasso Bowie". Several variations of this knife exist. CONDITION: Lanyard ring bent. Quillons slightly bent up. Roman numeral VII found on bottom of guard. Blade shows various sharpening marks, staining, and pitting. 4-56934 JS60 (3,000-5,000)"