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Lot 2122

Sale 6314 - Arms, Armor and Militaria Online
Lots Open
Jun 24, 2025
Lots Close
Jul 9, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$500 - 800
Price Realized
$915
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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Harvey Draper Dagger with Bone Handle

11.75" blade length. 17" overall with hilt. Straight double edged needle point dagger in the style of an Arkansas Toothpick featuring hidden tang construction, a brass guard and pommel, and bone handle enclosed by aluminum and black synthetic spacers. Ricasso is signed DRAPER/Ephraim, Utah. Knife features a medial ridge running 11" along the blade.

Harvey Draper was born on March 30th, 1924 in Utah, where he grew up hunting, fishing, and enjoying assorted pastimes best absorbed through nature. Though his career path initially took him into United Airlines, a chance meeting with renowned knifemaker Gil Hibbon, resulted in Harvey taking a job at Gil's workshop making knives. Just six months later, Draper established his own knifemaking business after devising new methods for handling the steel stock to reduce the risk of microfractures in the steel. From 1966 to 1982, Draper operated his business out of Ephraim, Utah, where he established a reputation for making sturdy outdoorsman's knives. Draper died in 1982 in a stunt flying crash, but left behind a legacy of making knives which honored America's pastimes in nature.

From the Collection of Jeffrey W. Sanner

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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