A SALOON BARREL PISTOL KNIFE
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Philip Unwin, John Unwin, and John Unwin
Askham, of the Firm of Unwin and Rodgers, of 124, Rockingham Street,
Sheffield, in the County of York, Cutlery Manufacturers, for the Inven-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Philip Unwin, John
Unwin, and John Unwin Askham at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 15th November 1860.
We, PHILIP UNWIN, JOHN UNWIN, and JOHN UNWIN ASKHAM, of the Firm
of Unwin and Rodgers, of 124, Rockingham Street, Sheffield, in the County of
York, Cutlery Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "A SALOON BARREL PISTOL KNIFE," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in forming knives with a large blade to be used as a
short bayonet, on the back of which is placed a pistol barrel, which is to be
loaded at the breech by bulleted caps or cartridges, and which, after being'
fired, can be withdrawn by a reliever, and a fresh one introduced in its place.
When the hammer is pulled up the trigger will come out ready for use, and
close again when the hammer falls. An ammunition box is attached to the
pistol and knife, and forms the handle. Thus it will appear that no nipple,
nowder ramrod. powder flask or bullet mould is required.

page_text: Rogers, of 124, Rockingham Street, Sheffield, in the County of York, Cutlery
Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto us, the said Philip Unwin, John Unwin, and John Unwin Askham, Her
special licence that we, the said Philip Unwin, John Unwin, and John Unwin
Askham, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the
said Philip Unwin, John Unwin, and John Unwin Askham, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "A SALOON BARREL PISTOL KNIFE," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Philip Unwin, John Unwin, and John Unwin Ask-
ham, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Philip Unwin, John Unwin, and
John Unwin Askham, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in forming pistol knives in such a manner that they
will not require a ramrod, powder flask, nipple, or bullet mould, and that after
being discharged the spent cap can be withdrawn by a "reliever."
In order to explain our said Invention as completely as possible, we now
proceed to describe the best means we are acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, reference being had to the accompanying illustrative
Drawing, and to the letters of referénce marked thereon, as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
We place a number of bulleted caps or cartridges within the butt or handle
of the pistol; these are to be taken out one at a time and placed in the breech
of the barrel a, the trigger 6 protruding as the hammer c is raised; after being
discharged the spent cap d is withdrawn by a "reliever" h, either with or

page_text: without a spring. The lower part of the stock e is provided with one or more
blades ff, one a pen-blade and another a self-protecting dagger blade, which
may be either kept shut or opened and used as a bayonet.
The barrel g may be of iron, steel, brass, or a composition metal with or
without a steel breech a, to which the cap reliever is attached. The handle
or stock is to be made of wood, horn, ivory, shell, pearl, or other suitable
material.
The peculiar advantages of this Invention over others of a similar nature
are, that the piece may be loaded and fired several times a minute, and when
foul can be easily cleansed by drawing a piece of rag or cord with oil backwards
and forwards through the barrel, and the superiority of this over all other
pistol knives is its completeness, requiring neither nipple, powder, ramrod,
powder flask, nor bullet mould.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention of "A Saloon
Barrel Pistol Knife," and the manner in which the same is to be performed,
we would remark in conclusion, that we do not confine ourselves to the precise
details herein described, as slight variations and modifications may be made
therein without at all departing from the principle of our Invention; but what
we claim as our Invention, intended to be secured to us by the herein in part
recited Letters Patent is, the manufacture of pistol knives in the manner
herein described for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, we, the said Philip Unwin, John Unwin, and John
Unwin Askham, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-
third day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one.
Witness,
FRANCIS WISEHAM,
Victoria Street, Sheffield.
PHILIP UNWIN.
JOHN UNWIN.
(L.8.)
(L.S.)
JOHN UNWIN ASKHAM. (L.S.)