A Joseph Rodgers & Sons 6 Norfolk St. Sheffield Ltd Bowie Knife

A famous firm of cutlers and silversmiths founded in Sheffield in 1682. It was converted under the style of Joseph Rodgers & Sons Ltd in 1871.
The factory was at 6 Norfolk Street, Sheffield and a showroom at 60 Holborn Viaduct, London.

With Joseph Rodgers GR Crown stamp with the 1891 England mark. on the reverse ricasso is the star and Maltese cross stamp

The star and Malta cross marks was originally that of Benjamin Rich. Rogers registered the same mark in 1764.

Overall used but a very nice example of these famed Bowies from one of the great early Sheffield Bowie makers. Private purchase knives such as this were very popular by British [and American] special forces in WW2 before the FS knife was produced in good numbers in 1941.

No scabbard

Code: 24485