Found a knife in a whall

[Nylkos]

Few years ago while doing renovations I found a knife in a wall. I cleaned it but I just now took the time to polish the blade.

https://imgur.com/a/YGfrd8n

2 questions. Should I polish the blade more and i am curious, anyone knows the DH on the handle, what does it stand for?

Thx

 

[ShaiHulud]

Few years ago while doing renovations I found a knife in a wall. I cleaned it but I just now took the time to polish the blade.

https://imgur.com/a/YGfrd8n

2 questions. Should I polish the blade more and i am curious, anyone knows the DH on the handle, what does it stand for?

Thx

Nice. Can only answer the first question: maybe some light oil but I'd leave it at that stage

 

[Choctaw Dan]

Few years ago while doing renovations I found a knife in a wall. I cleaned it but I just now took the time to polish the blade.

https://imgur.com/a/YGfrd8n

2 questions. Should I polish the blade more and i am curious, anyone knows the DH on the handle, what does it stand for?

Thx

How old is the house?

 

[knarfeng]

I'd not go any further. Just oil it.

 

[killgar]

Does it say anything on the other side of the blade? On the tang, the unsharpened section near the pivot.

It's possible that "DH" are a previous owners initials.

 

[Jim the Bandsawyer]

How old is the house?

Yes, I was going to ask that, too. Also, where is/was the house? Location might give us a clue, too.

 

[toker]

It's probably a cursed blade. The OP was never seen again. At least that's what I always think when someone pops in with a question about some random knife and never returns.

 

[Nylkos]

The house is roughly 80 years.

 

[Nylkos]

There is nothing else written anywhere on the knife

 

[polish avenger]

By the looks of that pin and bolster, the blade is most likely a replacement.