Learn from my mistake

[Justabuyer]

Recently the Aunt of a friend passed away. I got to raid the knife drawer after everyone else in the family picked over stuff.

I found this 10-12 inch bladed roast beef knife. Rounded tip incredible thin profile carbon steal. Tripple riveted dark hard wood handles.

My immediate thoughts were WOW what a great tool!!!:thumbup:

So took it home, sanded the handles and cleaned them and treated the wood with mineral oil. Cleaned up the blade and sharpened it. Nothing I have comes close to slicing as well as this thing. :thumbup:

Today after screwing up the original finish and destroying the patina in order to strip away years of knife drawer abuse I did the research.

Knife was made by the Foster brothers Knife company that shut its doors in 1953. Rose wood handles and was very well thought of and high end at the time. The knife WAS in very collectible condition and could have been worth a few bucks.

I feel really bad that I "fixed" it BEFORE I learned about it.

Now I have a cool meat slicer though..... :grumpy:

 

[Knife Outlet]

I doubt it had much collector value, if any. It's nice that you have a new ham slicer that performs well. You can use it in memory of your aunt.

 

[Justabuyer]

Thanks.... I used it last night to thin slice a tri-tip roast. It is a spectacular slicer.

 

[ChapmanPreferred]

I hope you can enjoy using it for years to come.

 

[mycroftt]

Just use it, enjoy it, and take good care of it. Take solace in the thought that the next owner might research it before removing the patina and character that you put on it.