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Montana Premier March 4th Collector Auction

Sat, Mar 4, 2023 11:00AM EST
Lot 44

Montana Mountain Scrimshaw Damascus Knife Bozeman

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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$100,000 $5,000
This is an original Montana Territory Knives of Bozeman, Montana knife with an excellent Montana Mountain Landscape scrimshaw artwork. This knife is truly a work of “Montana” art as it shows the Rocky Mountains and rolling hills of the West with scattered towering trees on a forged “rustic” Damascus, a tribute to the wilderness of Montana and scrimshaw artwork Native American Indian heritage. 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 ladder Damascus pattern. The hollow grind full tang blade has been paired with a set of white wild Buffalo bone grip scales which are secured to the piece using two mosaic pins and lanyard loops. The tang has been artfully hand-vine filled. The grips have also been artfully scrimshaw etched with an image of the Montana Mountain Landscape. The knife is in brand new condition. The blade is stamped with the outline of the state of Montana "MT" with "Bozeman MT" underneath. The knife has been paired with a Great American Bison Buffalo leather, hand crafted tooled sheath and stamped "MT Bozeman MT" with the outline of Montana. The knife measures 9 1/4"L with the blade being 4 1/2"L.*