BCS UNIQUE CUSTOM BUFFALO SKINNER KNIFE BOB SCHOPP FINE HANDMADE

Description

COPYRIGHT NOTICE : THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THIS OFFERING IS OWNED BY CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES AND IS OFFERED HERE BY CSA  DBA  CSAEOD.
MUCH MORE IN THE STORE !
I COLLECT THE CUSTOM KNIVES OF MONTANA KNIFE MAKERS. I SPECIALIZE IN KNIVES MADE BEFORE THE MAKER BECAME FAMOUS IN THE INDUSTRY.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE CUSTOM MAKERS WAS BCS KNIVES.
BCS WAS A JOINT BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE BOB AND CHRISTY SCHOPP. FROM 1986 TO THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF BOB IN 2001 THEY COLLABORATED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NOVEL, ARTISTIC CUSTOM DESIGNED KNIVES.
THEY STARTED MAKING KNIVES IN 1986 AND IN 1987 WERE INVITED TO DISPLAY THEIR WORK AT THE NEW ORLEANS SHOT SHOW MAJOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS CONVENTION.
BOB AND CHRISTY HAD LIVED IN NEW ORLEANS WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PRIVATE DETECTIVE BEFORE MOVING TO MONTANA AND SO IT WAS A DOUBLE TREAT FOR THEM.
BOB WAS A TWO TOUR VIET NAM MARINE AND HAD PURSUED A NUMBER OF OCCUPATIONS BEFORE FINDING HIS TALENT IN KNIFE MAKING. HE FOUND THAT HE COULD OBTAIN HIGH GRADE STEEL AT REASONABLE PRICES FROM LOCAL SAW MILLS WHO USED HUGE HIGH QUALITY SAWS WHICH WERE USELESS TO THEM WHEN THE TEETH WORE OUT. AFTER CUTTING AND HEAT TREATING THE KNIFE BLANKS THEY WENT TO WORKING THEIR MAGIC.
CHRISTY DID THE ART WORK AND ETCHING WHICH INCLUDED THEIR UNIQUE RATTLESNAKE LOGO AND SUITABLE OTHER BLADE DECOR AND PERSONALIZATIONS.
CUSTOM DESIGNS INCLUDED CARVINGS IN VARIOUS HANDLE MATERIALS INCLUDING BONE , ANTLER AND EVEN FOSSIL DONE BY ROBERT LANGFORD WHO IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE PREMIER CARVER IN THIS MEDIUM OF THE ERA.
THEIR KNIVES ARE SOME OF THE MOST ORIGINAL AND APPEALING DESIGNS OF THE ERA. THEY SOLD KNIVES TO SOME OF THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC MOTOR CYCLE RIDERS IN THE U.S AT THE HUGE ANNUAL  STURGIS RALLIES.
NOTHING IS FOR SALE AT THE SHOT SHOW. IT IS A SHOWCASE FOR MANUFACTURERS.
SEE THE PHOTO OF PART OF THEIR 1987 SHOT SHOW DISPLAY.
THIS IS A UNIQUE UNUSED KNIFE FOR THE ADVANCED COLLECTOR.
THIS KNIFE IS MINT AND UNIQUE !
WELCOME TO THE CRITTENDEN SCHMITT ARCHIVES "ON LINE MUSEUM" AND DEACQUISITION SALE.
THE ITEMS IN OUR REFERENCE COLLECTION DATE BACK TO ABOUT 1849 WHEN MY GREAT UNCLE, RALPH CRITTENDEN AND HIS PARTNER RICHARD TIBBALS CREATED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL AMMUNITION FACTORY IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRAWN CARTRIDGES , PERCUSSION CAPS AND ALL FORMS TO AMMUNITION OF INTEREST TO THE GUN MANUFACTURING FACTORS OF THE DAY. SPENCER , SHARPS , HENRY , VOLCANIC, JENNINGS, REMINGTON, JOSLYN,WESSON,BALLARD,BACON,BLISS,WARNER AND SMITH AND WESSON ALL SOLD CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS AMMUNITION UNDER THEIR OWN TRADE NAME. THE UNION ARMY BOUGHT MILLIONS OF CTM PERCUSSION CAPS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SPENCER CARTRIDGES DURING LINCOLN’S WAR AND ALL OF THE SPENCER AMMUNITION USED IS THE FIRST MAJOR BATTLES INCLUDING GETTYSBURGH WERE ALL MADE BY CRITTENDEN AND TIBBALS.
****Over the course of the next couple of years we will be offering for sale thousands of rare specimens of museum quality many of which have never been offered for sale before and which you will likely never see for sale again. Why are we selling this archive and reference collection? After 150+ years of interest in ammunition there is no one else interested in the field in our family. My personal collecting has spanned 50 years and I am at an age when it is time to stop and pass on such activities to others.
.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.