Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC
Treasure Auction 28 17-19 Nov 2020
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Spanish colonial sailor's folding jackknife, 1700s.107 grams, 13-1/4" overall length, 6-1/4" blade length.Folding knives like this were very popular among Spanish sailors, who sometimes called them "Bilbao knives" for the Portuguese port. This single-edge specimen is of colonial manufacture, a horn handle with simple file-cut decorations, three small gouges to handle.Pedigreed to our Auction 25 (lot #1562), with photo-certificate.
Estimate: 200-300 USD
Spanish colonial sailor's folding jackknife, 1700s.107 grams, 13-1/4" overall length, 6-1/4" blade length.Folding knives like this were very popular among Spanish sailors, who sometimes called them "Bilbao knives" for the Portuguese port. This single-edge specimen is of colonial manufacture, a horn handle with simple file-cut decorations, three small gouges to handle.Pedigreed to our Auction 25 (lot #1562), with photo-certificate.
Estimate: 200-300 USD