Lot 5

Navajo D. Yellowhorse Turquoise Thunderbird Knife

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
This is an excellent Navajo David Yellowhorse custom Damascus knife with amazing Thunderbird and stone inlays. David Yellowhorse has transformed this knife into visions of his Navajo heritage and the spirit of Western themes. The piece shows a custom forged Damascus large bowie hunting knife blade with random pattern Damascus. The full tang knife shows a set of polished stainless-steel hand guard bolsters with a hammered stepped finish, an iconic Yellowhorse finish, and double sided highly finished inlaid grips. The grips show a black matrix blue turquoise colored stone with silver linings, black onyx, coral and red matrix jasper holding a hand cut and made silver American Indian Thunderbird figures being inlaid and having a stippled finish around the figure. The silver inlays and stones are seen on both sides. The blade is marked on the right “David Yellowhorse Custom” along with his logo. The knife has been paired with a Great American Bison Buffalo leather hand crafted sheath which is also marked with the David Yellowhorse stamp and his logo. The knife is in brand new condition and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity which is marked as being "THUNDERBIRD" and is signed by David Yellowhorse. We are one of the only companies offering David Yellowhorse custom Damascus knives with a with large blades of such a high quality. The knife measures 10.75" long with the blade measuring 6 3/8" long. In the sheath the piece measures 11.5" long.