Civil War Knife (real or fake?)

[Civil War Geek]

Is this knife from the Civil war era? If so, does the carving look to the Period?

 

[stefen]

Whats the back story?

 

[Civil War Geek]

From an estate, located in New York.

 

[relic nut]

I absolutely love this knife. I Googled 13th North Carolina Volenters and here is the link. Company A, 13th NC Infantry J.Beck enlisted 4-29-61. I'd say its real and a great piece of history. Go to the link and maybe you can learn more. Congrats!!!!


http://www.angelfire.com/wv/wasec5/13thNC/history.html

 

[Davers]

My Opinion....

I'm 'Always' Suspect of Such Marked items.
Could it be the Real deal ? Yes

Could it be a fake ? Yes

Try to do some research on the 13 N.C.V.& see if there was a J. Beck. (of course a counterfeiter could also look up this info.)

I don't know anything about CW era writing Styles , but something about (all Capitals) in the name

Again I could be wrong , just research the heck out of it , there "may" be other Similar marked Pieces out there rather real of Fake.
Hope it's Authentic .
Davers

 

[relic nut]

My Opinion....

I'm 'Always' Suspect of Such Marked items.
Could it be the Real deal ? Yes

Could it be a fake ? Yes

Try to do some research on the 13 N.C.V.& see if there was a J. Beck. (of course a counterfeiter could also look up this info.)

I don't know anything about CW era writing Styles , but something about (all Capitals) in the name

Again I could be wrong , just research the heck out of it , there "may" be other Similar marked Pieces out there rather real of Fake.
Hope it's Authentic .
Davers

If you look at my post above and go to the link there was a J. Beck on the roster. I agree it could still be fake, but someone went to a lot of trouble. Maybe he can research some more from this link and verify


HH, Relic Nut

 

[alabama11]

Great knife and is there a makers mark. At a museum last week and curator said Bell and Davis had the CSA knife contract. Can anyone tell me if that is fact or fiction. He had a Bowie type knife with BELL AND DAVIS on it. Best,

 

[diggummup]

My question would be... Why would a soldier be carrying a butter knife? It's a Civil War "era" knife but...

 

[maipenrai]

Yeah, seems like a lot of trouble, to just make a fake butter knife.