Description

Vintage Wade Chastain Ivory Grip Exhibition Bowie Knife…A truly stunning exhibition quality knife of typical Chastain heroic proportions with a polished ivory and engraved brass grip …The blade is engraved and signed…Brass guard is also deeply engraved and has a deep mellow patina.

Wade was from Mills River, North Carolina and died at age 64…He made custom knives for over 25 years and to quote one close friend patron of his: “Wade didn’t know how to make a small knife”…He was a true Master Engraver and quit making knives many years ago to concentrate on higher end gun engraving which is what he did until he died.