A SURE DEFENCE - THE BOWIE KNIFE BOOK Burton, Kenneth J Australia: K.J. Burton & Co.. Hardcover/pictorial cover/published with printed paper hard case. 1988. A good starter book for Bowie knife collectors. New.

Antique Fishing Priests A collection of wood turners’ art in angling across three centuries by Dave Watson. Each copy of this extended Second Edition is individually signed and numbered, from 001-100. This book illustrates the elevation of the humble priest, designed to allow the sporting angler to dispatch his catch humanely, from a utility object to an art form by the wood turners’ craft, in a remarkable collection of ninety seven unique priests. Materials used include boxwood, laburnum, yew wood, rose wood, walnut, ash, ebony, chestnut and lime woods; elephant, walrus and narwhal ivory; bone and whalebone. Even rarer than turned priests of this quality it seems, are references in print. We note 19th century Piccadilly maker, J Bernard advertised as “J Bernard Fishing Tackle Maker & Turner”. From the Narwhal ivory and walnut (cover) priest sporting the ‘V (crown) R’ Royal cipher, to the earliest - dated 1718 - and the others from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries - all are the result of refining the collection over four decades.

Book: Exhibition Knives: JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS Exhibition Knives: JOSEPH RODGERS & SONS, The Samuel Setian Collection. (ISBN: 9879766008) Buenos Aires, Argentina: Samuel Setian, 1999. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition. Thick, oversize quarto, 304 pages, profusely illustrated in lavish full-color throughout, hi-quality gloss paper stocks, pictorial endpapers, gilt-stamped maroon cloth, matching color pictorial dustjacket, biblio., index. A beautiful book for those who love fine antique knives. Showcased are the products and histories of the Sheffield makers. The pictorial catalog of one man's superior collection of antique knives and related products by the famed Sheffield, England maker: Joseph Rodgers & Sons. A stunningly beautiful, landmark, classic production, and a very real collectible in its own right.

Classic Bowie knives, Robert Abels - signed copy Classic Bowie knives, Robert Abels Published by the author, 1967. Soft cover. Fine. 1st Edition. 97 pages. The classic book in the field of collecting Bowie knives. It is rare to find a collector of this stature who was so ahead of his time. Collectors are fascinated by the niche these knives have carved into American history. Bowie knives were carried and used by many famous and infamous Americans during a period when this country was undergoing the severe growing pains of a small nation becoming great. American frontiersmen, prospectors, buffalo hunters and soldiers all used these knives as tools of their trade and as a means of protection. Bowie knives were common in the sparsely settled frontier areas, the California gold fields (where their fabulous quality and fine decoration conferred status on the owner), the plains thick with buffalo and the batlefields of the Civil War. Many of these knives are not only treasures for their historical value, but for their great value as pieces of art. Some specimens, obviously the works of silversmiths and jewelers, exhibit beautiful craftsmanship in engraving, tooled leatherwork and metalworking. There is a slight rub a the top of the spine, otherwise the book is a clean, tight near fine copy. The Dust Jacket is only about good with some tears, and edge wear. Ex-libris sticker to end paper.

Gothic to Medieval Swords and Helmets 1000 to 1550AD Published by Dave Watson Solutions. April 2022 ISBN: 978-1-9160935-5-3 This new book on Swords and Helmets gives access to previously unseen, iconic items of antique arms and armour. Readers will appreciate age, decoration, patina and condition from detailed descriptions and high resolution photographs. A must for antique arms and armour collectors and enthusiasts alike. The production is enhanced by the latest photgraphic/printing techniques and the consistent fine condition of items in the collection. From the foreword, by Frank Unrath - "a catalogue you are able to use for enjoyment by looking at the fantastic photography or for research, with all the dates and measurements you will need".

Knifemakers of Old San Francisco, Levine, Bernard R. Knifemakers of Old San Francisco (ISBN: 0873649745) Levine, Bernard R. Boulder: Paladin Press, 1998, 1998. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Many photographs and illustrations of some of the most attractive knives ever made. The knifemakers of San Francisco produced a style of Bowie which emphasised the status of the owner. There could there have been no better way to celebrate success and establish your status in the gold rush era than to be seen wearing one of these fine art knives.

One Man One Rod The Art of Classic Split Cane, D Petty STANDARD HARDBACK FIRST EDITION Purchase online - Paypal or Card payment by phone 01753 644135 ‘One Man One Rod’ is a reference guide to the 175 coarse fishing cane rod collection David Petty has put together over fifty years. Collectors will have a chance to see what is probably the finest range of split-cane coarse fishing rods ever assembled. David Petty, one of the world\'s leading angling collectors, has had his stunning hoard of cane rods photographed by David Watson, who has compiled the book entitled: ‘One Man One Rod - The Art of Classic Split Cane’. Rods include examples by Allcocks, Hardy, Ogden Smith, Oliver’s, B. James, Chapman, Milward, Creeke, Gold, Sowerbutts, Antis, Barder and Sealey. David Petty has an Avocet by Sowerbutts - “I’ve only ever seen one other” - and three cane rods by Rodrill, better known for their glass-fibre and carbon. “Not a lot of people know that Rodrill made cane rods, but they turned out a few based on Bob Southwell’s cane”, Petty says. These rods - the Mallard, the Avon and The Dipper - are at least as good as James Avocets”. David says: “When people look at the book and see these rods they will start to appreciate what jewels they really are”. The photographs for ‘One Man One Rod’ are by David Watson, best known for the pictures in John Drewett\'s Hardy Brothers, the Masters, the Men, and their Reels. Dave Watson comments: \"I have photographed and portrayed the rods to show a full view of the maker’s logos, name and address panels, as well as the individual sections and features of interest. Rods are arranged by type of fishing and the index details rod names under Makers, enabling collectors to quickly find rods they seek or already have in their collections. Edward Barder provides the foreword and a chapter : A common sense guide to cane buying. Special LIMITED editions in cloth and full leather-bound, also available

One Man One Rod The Art of Classic Split Cane, D Petty LEATHER BOUND SPECIAL EDITION Limited to 50 copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY David Petty This edition is full-bound in leather to a high specification, with a slip case. ‘One Man One Rod’, with foreword and \'A common sense guide to cane buying\' by Edward Barder, is a reference guide to the 175 coarse fishing cane rod collection David Petty has put together over fifty years. Collectors will have a chance to see what is probably the finest range of split-cane coarse fishing rods ever assembled. David Petty, one of the world\'s leading angling collectors, has had his stunning hoard of cane rods photographed by David Watson, who has compiled the book entitled: ‘One Man One Rod - The Art of Classic Split Cane’. Rods include examples by Allcocks, Hardy, Ogden Smith, Oliver’s, B. James, Chapman, Milward, Creeke, Gold, Sowerbutts, Antis, Barder and Sealey. David Petty has an Avocet by Sowerbutts - “I’ve only ever seen one other” - and three cane rods by Rodrill, better known for their glass-fibre and carbon. “Not a lot of people know that Rodrill made cane rods, but they turned out a few based on Bob Southwell’s cane”, Petty says. These rods - the Mallard, the Avon and The Dipper - are at least as good as James Avocets”. David says: “When people look at the book and see these rods they will start to appreciate what jewels they really are”. The photographs for ‘One Man One Rod’ are by David Watson, best known for the pictures in John Drewett\'s Hardy Brothers, the Masters, the Men, and their Reels. Dave Watson comments: \"I have photographed and portrayed the rods to show a full view of the maker’s logos, name and address panels, as well as the individual sections and features of interest. Rods are arranged by type of fishing and the index details rod names under Makers, enabling collectors to quickly find rods they seek or already have in their collections. Edward Barder provides the foreword and a chapter : A common sense guide to cane buying. Place your order now online.

One Man One Rod The Art of Classic Split Cane, D Petty CLOTH BOUND SPECIAL EDITION Limited to 50 copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY David Petty This edition is full-bound in cloth to a high specification, with a slip case. ‘One Man One Rod’, with foreword and \'A common sense guide to cane buying\' by Edward Barder, is a reference guide to the 175 coarse fishing cane rod collection David Petty has put together over fifty years. Collectors will have a chance to see what is probably the finest range of split-cane coarse fishing rods ever assembled. David Petty, one of the world\'s leading angling collectors, has had his stunning hoard of cane rods photographed by David Watson, who has compiled the book entitled: ‘One Man One Rod - The Art of Classic Split Cane’. Rods include examples by Allcocks, Hardy, Ogden Smith, Oliver’s, B. James, Chapman, Milward, Creeke, Gold, Sowerbutts, Antis, Barder and Sealey. David Petty has an Avocet by Sowerbutts - “I’ve only ever seen one other” - and three cane rods by Rodrill, better known for their glass-fibre and carbon. “Not a lot of people know that Rodrill made cane rods, but they turned out a few based on Bob Southwell’s cane”, Petty says. These rods - the Mallard, the Avon and The Dipper - are at least as good as James Avocets”. David says: “When people look at the book and see these rods they will start to appreciate what jewels they really are”. The photographs for ‘One Man One Rod’ are by David Watson, best known for the pictures in John Drewett\'s Hardy Brothers, the Masters, the Men, and their Reels. Dave Watson comments: \"I have photographed and portrayed the rods to show a full view of the maker’s logos, name and address panels, as well as the individual sections and features of interest. Rods are arranged by type of fishing and the index details rod names under Makers, enabling collectors to quickly find rods they seek or already have in their collections. Edward Barder provides the foreword and a chapter : A common sense guide to cane buying. Place your order now online.

Special edition - Pocket Fruit Knives, Simon Moore ‘Pocket Fruit Knives, a synopsis of their history from the UK, France, Northern Europe & USA’, is an antique knife book which provides dealers and collectors with top quality images of knives, designed to enable the reader to spot even cleverly-produced fakes, and avoid costly investment mistakes. A price guide to the illustrated knives, arranged in price bands from £50 to £10,000-up is included. This special edition is bound in leather, and numbered - one of a limited edition of 50 copies.

Special edition - The London Knife Book, by Ron Flook Special limited 100 copy edition bound in leather & numbered. The cutlery makers and retailers of London - an A_Z guide from 1820 - 1945. Profusely illustrated, Ron Flook\'s book shows the high standing of London cutlery with comprehensive listings of more than 1000 names of firms and family members as well as showing fine examples of the immense range of cutlery made and sold there. Hardback, leather, 230 pages, ISBN: 9780955950728.

THE ANTIQUE BOWIE KNIFE BOOK THE ANTIQUE BOWIE KNIFE BOOK (ISBN: 0962604402) Limited edition 216/1100 Adams, Bill, J. Bruce Voyles and Terry Moss. Conyers, GA: Museum Publishing Company, Inc., 1990. Hardcover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. VERY SCARCE. Sold out on publication. Introduction by Norm Flayderman. Limited to 1100, First Edition, #366 Gilt stamped beige cloth. Quarto, 552 pp., profusely illustrated in full color throughout. The story of the 19th Century Sheffield, England (and American) makers of the world's finest, most practical and efficient blade: the famed Bowie knife, and its many variations: California knives, I Dig Gold From Quartz knives, Arkansas Toothpicks; buffalo knives, and during the American Civil War, knives marked Death to Traitors, Death to Abolition, Liberty and many more, often having highly-decorated hilts, silver and jeweled decoration, and ivory, horn or mother-of-pearl grip scales. The postwar American Frontier era brought large buffalo-skinning and related-use knives. Finally, in the 1870s the American makers of fine cutlery began appearing on the scene, often equalling the quality and style of those by the Sheffield makers. This book includes: American Bowies, Unmarked American Bowies, English & European Bowies, Showpieces, Confederate Bowies, California Knives and South of the Border Knives, plus an Index to Knife Makers and much more, including lavish and beautiful, full-page color shots of some of the finest antique Bowie knives in the world. An invaluable reference, and long out-of-print. The book and matching pictorial dustjacket are new. The Bowie knife ‘bible’ for invertors and collectors.

THE ANTIQUE BOWIE KNIFE BOOK THE ANTIQUE BOWIE KNIFE BOOK (ISBN: 0962604402) Limited edition No. 77/1100 Adams, Bill, J. Bruce Voyles and Terry Moss. Conyers, GA: Museum Publishing Company, Inc., 1990. Hardcover. Book Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: V good. 1st Edition. SCARCE. Sold out on publication. Introduction by Norm Flayderman. Limited to 1100, First Edition, No. 77 Gilt stamped beige cloth. Quarto, 552 pp., profusely illustrated in full color throughout. The story of the 19th Century Sheffield, England (and American) makers of the world's finest, most practical and efficient blade: the famed Bowie knife, and its many variations: California knives, I Dig Gold From Quartz knives, Arkansas Toothpicks; buffalo knives, and during the American Civil War, knives marked Death to Traitors, Death to Abolition, Liberty and many more, often having highly-decorated hilts, silver and jewelled decoration, and ivory, horn or mother-of-pearl grip scales. This book includes: American Bowies, Unmarked American Bowies, English & European Bowies, Showpieces, Confederate Bowies, California Knives and South of the Border Knives, plus an Index to Knife Makers and much more, including lavish and beautiful, full-page colour shots of some of the finest antique Bowie knives in the world. An invaluable reference, and long out-of-print. The book and matching pictorial dustjacket are new. The Bowie knife ‘bible’ for investors and collectors.

The Art of Eastern Australia by David Petty Newly-published, David Petty\'s Aboriginal Tribal Art book showcases his collection of early shields, clubs, spears & spear-throwers, boomerangs and axes of the highest quality. Top quality photography & production do justice to this fine and important collection. Hardback, 248 pages, ISBN: 9780955950742.

The Art of Eastern Australia by David Petty David Petty's Aboriginal Tribal Art book showcases his collection of early shields, clubs, spears & spear-throwers, boomerangs and axes of the highest quality. Top quality photography & production do justice to this fine and important collection. Hardback, 248 pages, ISBN: 9780955950742.

The Glory Days of the Giant Scarborough Tunny, Mark Ross ‘The Glory Days of the Giant Scarborough Tunny’, (The British Tunny Club, Hardy Bros. tackle and big game fishing in the 1930s), written and published by Scots author and antique tackle collector Mark Ross. This is the cloth bound hardback numbered limited edition (1-250).

The Glory Days of the Giant Scarborough Tunny, SPECIAL EDITION The Glory Days of the Giant Scarborough Tunny, Mark Ross One of 20 - LEATHER BOUND SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION - ‘The Glory Days of the Giant Scarborough Tunny’, (The British Tunny Club, Hardy Bros. tackle and big game fishing in the 1930s), written and published by Scots author and antique tackle collector Mark Ross. This is the special edition, limited to 20 copies, bound in leather, with dust wrapper and matching leather bound slip case - (please email to choose from available numbers). “angler in rowing boat catches Giant tunny (tuna) 60 miles off Scarborough”. “the first thing you feel is a violent tug on the line, a tug that quickly builds up... the biggest fish I hooked towed me away out of sight of the fleet......” “798lb tunny caught in the North Sea by Colonel E.T. Peel, 1932” John Drewett - Hardy tackle expert, collector and writer (Hardy Bros., The Masters, The Men & their Reels) foreword: “Mark’s efforts have culminated in a book that is ‘full of texture’. The monochrome photographs are so evocative of an era when men would don blazers and even suits when posing for the trophy picture. The boatman in their flat caps, the boats from which they fished and the yachts which many of the wealthy fishers possessed all combine to convey a world that will never be seen again. The collaboration between Mark Ross & David Watson has produced a hugely important tribute to an element of British angling history that excites so many fishermen and collectors”. No wonder the excitement & glamour of this new sport attracted the rich & famous. Blending heroic tales of epic sea battles with enormous fish, the special tackle used, & social history this book will fascinate anglers and antique tackle collectors alike. In leather hard back with dust wrapper and leather slip case, 270 x 210mm, 400 pages, colour printed throughout, 475-plus pictures showing atmospheric 1930s angling, the lords & ladies who went tunny fishing, Hardy and other rare big game fishing reels and tackle. All copies numbered. Shipping cost examples USA £35, Australia £45. Other countries - see shopping cart or email for assistance. Also available in standard edition with dust wrapper. We are happy to consolidate shipping for multiple orders, or to supply details of cheaper shipping options on request.

Viking Era Swords “Viking Era Swords” gives access to iconic examples held in private collections. Readers are invited to enjoy fine, rare and previously unseen swords, illustrated in high resolution photographs by Dave Watson The photographs are accompanied by a description, measurements and comments, and when available, X Rays and CT scans produced by Robert Hill. It is hoped that together with the introductory text this will make the book useful and valuable to enthusiasts and researchers alike. David Petty has been collecting and dealing in Viking Swords for more than 50 years and his love of Viking Swords has been the inspiration for this book. 132 pages, size 222 x 300mm.

WANTED: Large, old or interesting pocket knives & fixed blade knives Single knives or collections bought or traded. Interested in selling? Why not show us your knives or knife books and we\'ll make you an offer. Discreet, fair service.