knife pistol

Blades and Barrels or "cut 'n shoot"

BLADES AND BARRELS
six centuries of combination weapons
by H. GORDON FROST

This is the complete reference on the history of combination weapons over the past six centuries. The inside jacket reads "Blades and Barrels is the first full scale study ever written about man's attempt to combine an edged weapon with a firearm. Tracing the development of combination weapons from the hand cannon through the center fire ignition systems, this book fills a long recognized gap in firearms literature."
The book covers knife pistols, cutlass pistols, mace pistols, axe pistols and war hammer pistols. In depth studies of companies such as Unwin & Rodgers, Harrington & Richardson, Frank Wesson, Colt, Boden and Dolne. Contains 400 photographs from private and museum collections, the author spent over 20 years researching and compiling this information. Copyright 1972. The book is out of print, a very rare and important reference.

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Jones, pepperbox with switch blade

A-Bowie

French army-size revolver in Lefaucheux type, cal. 12mm pinfire, on lug #4, 6" barrel with collapsible 5¼" bayonet. Barrel and cylinder circa 70% bright blue remaining, the engraved frame kept in the white, crisp checkered grips, lanyard ring. No maker's name and proof stamps. A very fine and rare  1860's revolver.    1,950. 

S&G, Støckel: Scholberg & Gadet, Liège, 1861 - 1885, very rare six-shot revolver in cal. 7mm pinfire with an impressive almost 10" long blade shaped like a Bowie knife, metal kept in the white, plain wooden grips, revolver with ejector, folding trigger and lanyard ring, ELG proof, fine condition    $1,950.

made after Baker's 1852 patent revolver, additional with vicious swing-out bayonet and belt hook, no name and number, just mandatory British proof stamps, cal. 45 percussion. The barrel is of gray color, the cylinder is faded blue, the system is nicely  engraved, and the grips are crisp checkered. A very uncommon revolver in very good - fine condition.    $2,500.

Belgian Bowie-knife-style pistol with correct scabbard, mandatory ELG proof stamp, cal. 9mm pinfire, 9" blade with 5⅝" barrel made out of one piece, single and double action revolver in good working order, no maker's name, but probably made by Dumonthier. Revolver and scabbard show acceptable wear, the set is very rare, over all in fine condition.    $3,275.

DUMONTHIER B.S.G.D.G. 12mm pinfire revolver with a mighty 11¾" pointed blade with 6" barrel, single and double action, as fashionable for the period "kept in the white" and now showing some mottled color, tiger striped grips, lanyard ring. Scarce specimen in fine condition.
What makes the revolver even more desirable is the correct leather scabbard with ejector rod. It is in fine condition.
An outstanding set.     $8,500.

DOLNE
BREVETE

Liège, Belgium
1869 patent

serial # 1578, cal. 7mm pinfire, the blue cylinder with additional golden inscription

WILHELM LE GRAND

The combination pistol is steel frame, cylinder and blade with brass knuckles.
Fine condition.    $4,950.

DOLNE
BREVETE

Liège, Belgium
1869 patent

combination 7mm pinfire revolver with swing-out knuckle duster and 3½" swing-out dirk. The handy gun is called "Apache" after the thugs in Paris, who supposedly carried those. The cylinder axis can be removed and used as ejector for the shells. Serial # 2225, all steel variation with fluted cylinder. At the beginning the revolver was plated, but it is now worn off.
A desirable oddity in "very good" condition.    $3,250.

J. DELHAXHE, Liège, made knuckle duster revolver with folding dirk and square frame, serial # 848, cal. 7mm pinfire. While the few others I found have an ejector rod screwed in the frame, please see Chris Curtis' Pinfire book, page 271, this revolver is not built for an ejector rod. In a publication by Theodore Dexter "Frank E. Bivens, Half Century Scrapbook of Vari-Type-Firearms, 1960", # 432, I found the classification "presentation type" supported by the additional decoration, and it is from the knuckle dusters the rarest variation. Excellent condition.      $7,875.

C. G. GRANBERG, Eskilstuna, Sweden. Swedish prison guard Bowie knife type blade with a two shot percussion pistol similar the Belgian Dumonthier. From this combination pistol were only 90 pieces made. Serial # 64 matching on several parts and grip. The caliber is ~ .38 percussion, and the blade is almost 15 inches long. Scarce and in excellent condition.   $4,250.

C. G. GRANBERG, Eskilstuna, Sweden. Swedish prison guard Bowie knife type blade with a two shot percussion pistol similar the Belgian Dumonthier. From this combination pistol were only 90 pieces made. Serial # 24 matching on several parts and grip. The caliber is ~ .38 percussion, and the blade is almost 12½ inches long. Scarce and in excellent condition. This one is very desirable because it comes in its matching sheath showing some wear.      $5,000.

F. R. BECKHUSON OXFORD, Støckel: 1841 - 1852, cased pair of percussion pistols with side mounted spring-dirks, cal. .45, 3" hexagonal barrels with 2¾" swing-out blades, full checkered bag-shaped walnut stocks, furniture German silver with very good scroll designs, some case hardening still visible on barrel and hammer. The case is solid wood lined with purple velvet, containing combination ball rammer and cleaning rod, bullet mold, screwdriver, barrel spanner wrench, two compartment copper flask for powder and dispensing lead balls. Inside the lid is the embossed picture label listing the maker’s ability.
Set in fine condition, very decorative and scarce      $5,575.

DUMONTHIER & CHARTRON / 194 R. St. Martin/PARIS  (Støckel: mentioned 1850) produced   double barrel dagger pistol. The 4" barrels are bright blue, for cal. .42 percussion and are used with a folding trigger. The mighty blade between the barrels is 12" long and both sides edged; the grip is black hard rubber. A similar pistol is pictured in Frost’s book Blades & Barrels, page 61. Scarce with the very long blade and excellent. The left picture shows right hammer cocked making the nipple visible and the inscription on the blade.    $6,500.

UNWIN & RODGERS PATENTEES SHEFFIELD

UNWIN & RODGERS PATENTEES SHEFFIELD
knife pistol, cal. .28 rim-fire,
3½" octagonal barrel with
patent inscription on left
and on right side NON * XLL Both blades are UNWIN & RODGERS marked. The metal parts show light wear with nice patina, the horn slab are slightly damaged and the cracks are filled.

The pistol with blades is in good working order, but the condition is "very good".      $1,575.