E.K. Tryon Bowie Knife

[Dave Markowitz]

Yesterday this knife that I found last weekend on eBay arrived. It's an English-made Bowie hunting knife that was imported by the E.K. Tryon Company of Philadelphia, PA in the late 19th/early 20th Century.

I have a scan of an 1883 Tryon catalog and a very similar knife is listed as a No.501 Hunting Knife, available in various lengths.

With a Pietta 1860 Army Sheriff for scale:



The blade is 5.6" long by 0.015" thick. The full tang handle with stag scales is 4" long while the guard is 2" wide.





It came with a decent sheath. I think it was home made or aftermarket.



It's dull now but I plan to sharpen it and use it but not abuse it. If I take a deer during muzzleloader season I think it would be very cool to dress it with a period knife.

 

[Armored farmer]

Excellent find and a very authentic knife. Perfect for primitive muzzleloader accouterments.

 

[Valkman]

Great find! It looks like it's been sharpened a few times! Very cool knife.

 

[dredd]

I'd rather have that knife than a lot of the modern ones these days.
Sharpen it up and get it dirty.
Congrats!

 

[theotherwaldo]

Back in the 1970's, when my family and I were spending another summer camping out along the Rogue River trail, I found a knife that was almost exactly like that one in a little dog-hole mine.
It accompanied me back to our new home outside of Eugene, Oregon, where I soon lost track of it.

 

[AJumbo]

That looks a lot like some of the Wostenholm IXL knives I've handled.