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Last Chance Passed Lots Auction: October 28th, 2022

Mon, Oct 24, 2022 02:00AM EDT - Fri, Oct 28, 2022 03:00PM EDT
Lot 43

Montana Buffalo Skull Scrimshaw Damascus Knife

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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This is an original Montana Territory Knives of Bozeman, Montana knife with an excellent Montana Buffalo Skull scrimshaw artwork. The blade has been forged from 1095HC (High Carbon) steel and 15N20 Nickel Carbon, which is then heated and folded into 396 layers, creating the astounding “Damascus” steel. The knife shows a wonderful mosaic ladder Damascus. The hollow grind full tang blade has been paired with a set of nice, wild bone grip scales, which are secured to the piece using a mosaic pin, three brass pins, and a lanyard loop. The tang has been artfully hand vine filled. The grips have also been artfully scrimshaw etched with an image of a Montana buffalo skull with the lower jaw. The blade is stamped with the outline of the state of Montana "MT" in the outline with "Bozeman MT" underneath. The knife comes with a tooled leather sheath and is stamped "MT Bozeman MT" with the outline of Montana. The knife measures 10" long with the blade being 5 1/4" long.