Product Details
W.J. JEFFERY
A 'THE BALDOCK' PATENT KNIFE SPEAR,
with 9 1/2in. damascus steel swaged spear-point blade with fullers and saw back, signed 'W.J. JEFFERY. LONDON.', brass crossguard, hollow blued steel tubular handle with internal securing spikes and chequered steel sliding locking collar, in its leather sheath
Other Notes: The original "Baldock" Patent knife spear was the fore-runner to todays survival knife. Contemporary adverts described it as follows:
"Designed and patented by Col. Baldock, Merwara Battalion, Late honorary secretary of the Mhow Tent Club. Every sportsman should possess one of these valuable weapons. Not only do they form a useful hunting knife, but the patent socket holder enables them to be fitted to any shaft in a moment, and in case of a broken shaft, the spear can be adjusted on the field without delay and is not rendered useless; a very useful saw has been added on the back of the knife"
Estimate £200-300