Very rare “American Made” California style Bowie Knife C. 1850’s to 1870’s. This is an amazing, lovely old knife. While not marked it just screams California. The original sheath is hand tooled & silver mounted in the California style and it has a very unique silver belt clip that has a tab which folds down to loosen the clip and and back up to clamp tight to a belt or clothing. Never have seen this design before. Kind of an intricate detail just for a belt clip. I’m wondering if it was designed to hang upside down inside a coat if one chose to. The knife holds well enough in the sheath and there are six small catch-barbs on the inside to keep the sheath from sliding if the knife was pulled in the upside-down position. As mentioned it’s not marked, but it has all the grace, class & character of the Barbary Coast/San Francisco knives made by M. Price & Will & Finck. All the mounts on the knife and sheath are heavy duty silver including the butt cap. The 6 blade shows wear from sharpening. The handle is beautifully aged a creamy, buttery, golden yellow. It’s one piece bone with finger grooves. Total length of knife is 10-3/4. In the sheath it’s near 11-1/2. The sheath has some damage on both sides, a piece missing on one side and there’s a tear. The item “California gold rush San Francisco Antique California Bowie Knife” is in sale since Monday, December 14, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Western Americana\Antique Western”. The seller is “atthediggings” and is located in Honolulu, Hawaii. This item can be shipped worldwide.