Rare Zulu Chiefs Knobkerrie Converted to Swordstick, fine example of a light coloured hardwood club with small bulbous head being carved in geometric designs. The shaft is decorated with eight bands of wire binding. The top section pulls out to reveal a triangular blade possibly made from a British Martini Henry socket bayonet, the blade length 46 ½ cms, overall 67cms in length.
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A 19th Century Lock Knife, the blade stamped, ''Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Cutlers to their Majesties, No.6 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, England, twin hatched horn scale grips, 26.5 cm overall, open, original leather sheath, and a Victorian Short Swordstick, fullered square section blade, length 33 cm, cane grip and locking scabbard (2). Lock knife - Blade extreme tip broken. Several small nicks to blade edge. Some wear to plated parts. Mechanism in good working order. Sheath loop broken and lacking, otherwise good. Swordstick - Blade with scattered patches of light rust, but mainly quite bright. Scabbard with small split at top. Tip of scabbard appears to be reduced slightly. Grip with small split at base. General signs of wear.
French Chassepot 1866 pattern bayonet dated 1872 and Arsenal marked for "St Etienne". Complete with matching numbered scabbard "P36933". Together with an RAF Swagger Stick, 70cm long with white metal top and ebonised cane plus an Indian made Swordstick with Lionshead top, brass locking ring and a 62cm long blade, overall size 90cm (3)
^ Fine Georgian Swordstick of Admiral Lord Nelson Interest, slender single edge blade, male Malacca cane with plain silver mounts (not HM), ivory pommel carved as a bust of Admiral Lord Nelson. Blade 72cms, overall 107.5cms. Good untouched age patina overall. Please make sure you read our terms and conditions regarding this lot
A Victorian Court Sword, with diamond section steel blade, the gilt brass hilt with applied crowned VR cypher to the shell guard, lacks knuckle bow and scabbard; two Chinese Swords, one with shagreen type scabbard, the other with green painted steel scabbard; also, a reproduction chain mail shirt, a Masonic sword, a socket bayonet, a spear head, two arrows and a small swordstick (10)
An Edwardian Malacca Swordstick, with 69.5cm half blued diamond section steel blade, with plated pommel and rubber ferrule, 91cm; a Luristan Bronze Spear Head, of leaf shape with raised medial ridge to each side, 20cm, on a later short wood haft; a Bronze Age Dagger, the tang with recesses for grip scales - lacking, 23cm (3)
An Ivory Mounted Ebonised Stick, late 19th century, the handle carved as the head of a Oriental wearing a tall top hat, 91cm long; An Ivory and Silver Plate Mounted Walking Stick, circa 1900, the handle as the head of a greyhound with glass eyes, 97cm long; and An Ivory Mounted Malacca Swordstick, late 19th century, 90cm (3)
An Unusual Swordstick / Swagger Stick, the 32.5 cm etched blade by Cogswell & Harrison Ltd., Gun Makers, 168, Piccadilly, London, decorated with foliage, the leather-covered case with niello silver mounts, the pommel with floral decoration and relief with a crown, mid-20th century, 60 cm overall Note: This was owned by Colonel Alec Salmon, late Highland Light Infantry, Chief of Staff (1950-52) to Sir John Bagot Glubb (known as Glubb Pasha), Commanding General, Transjordan Arab LegionSlight patches of rust to blade. Leather slightly worn and with small split to grip. Pommel with old split and soldered repair.
A Masonic Silver Mounted Malacca Swordstick, Birmingham 1901, with horn handle and silver collar inscribed Geo Robinson Baildon and with later white metal collars, containing a sword with brass handle, the etched sealed blade initialled AR, in a brass mounted leather scabbard, cane 90cm long
A Late 19th Century Ebonised Wood Swordstick, the 66cm fullered triangular section steel blade stamped IXX at the ricasso, with leather bound collar and Chinese silver pommel chased with birds amidst bamboo, the tapering haft with brass ferrule, 84cm Numerous nicks to blade. Wear to ebonising on haft.
A Late 19th Century Malacca Cane Swordstick, the blade stamped, ''Mole Birmingham'', the inner sleeve stamped, ''Lord Ripon 1880'', the ropetwist-carved ivory grip inset with a circular silvered disc stamped, ''De Gray (sic) F.O.R. 1880'' Footnote: Frederick Oliver Robinson, 2nd Marquess of Ripon (1852-1923), Earl de Grey, was a renowned game shooter who holds the world record for a lifetime bag of 556,000 birds, of which 241,000 were pheasants

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