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H.OSMAN & Co BOWIE
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 4:42 pm
by Unclebob
Picked this old Bowie Knife up at the weekend. The blade is marked H. OSMAN & Co with CITY below. I cannot see any other markings. Any ideas on this one? 12 1/4" overall, with a 7 3/4" blade. Thanks.
Re: H.OSMAN & Co BOWIE
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 6:07 pm
by Doc B
Re: H.OSMAN & Co BOWIE
Posted: Mon May 20, 2019 6:44 pm
by doglegg
Unclebob, don't know anything about it but it is certainly desirable. Love that ole long blade and the scales would be worth the price of the knife.
Re: H.OSMAN & Co BOWIE
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 11:29 am
by steve99f
Can't help with any information. Very sleek looking Bowie and the jigged bone handles are wonderful. I hope someone can provide some info on it for you.
Re: H.OSMAN & Co BOWIE
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 12:56 pm
by tongueriver
Great turn-of-the-century hunting knife! I think the handles might be stag rather than bone. Love your knife!
Re: H.OSMAN & Co BOWIE
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 2:19 pm
by knife7knut
This is pure speculation on my part but this stamping has me intrigued. I wonder if this possibly may have been a salesman's sample knife and the stamping indicated that you could put your place of business on that line.Just thinkin'.....
Whatever the case it is a very nice old bowie hunter probably from Germany.
Re: H.OSMAN & Co BOWIE
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 8:43 pm
by Unclebob
Thanks for all your insight and kind comments, as usual! Liked the salesmans sample suggestion. Searched for H. Osman online, but didn't come up with anything relevant.
Re: H.OSMAN & Co BOWIE
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:13 am
by MaSK
Just looking up my mini-bowie and found this thread.
The H. Osman & Co, City knife seems to be an old brand, probably from the UK. I was gifted this knife by an ex-WW2 British Engineer turned carpenter in the late 1980's. The steel is very good and it takes and holds a fine edge. The handle looks like antler to me.
Mike K
Re: H.OSMAN & Co BOWIE
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2022 5:31 pm
by ken98k
MaSK wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 3:13 am
Just looking up my mini-bowie and found this thread.
The H. Osman & Co, City knife seems to be an old brand, probably from the UK. I was gifted this knife by an ex-WW2 British Engineer turned carpenter in the late 1980's. The steel is very good and it takes and holds a fine edge. The handle looks like antler to me.
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Mike K
Nice!