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smiling-knife

smiling-knife

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Just acquired this one last week. This is a horseman's knife made by John Milner & Co Sheffield c1880s-1900s. There are a few hairlines in the bone handle and the lambsfoot is just a teeny bit short but otherwise it is in good condition.

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Beautiful knife SK! What is the notch in the handle used for? Looks like an easy open notch but I doubt you'd need it for the pick.

Eric
 
Thank-you Eric. The stone pick and notch below the bolster combine to form a nutcracker. Most likely cracked a few walnuts in the old days.
 
Thanks jackknife. You are right. The centre liner extends beyond the bolster and forms a flathead screwdriver or little pry bit.
 
That's it. I am heading over to the UK to shop with smiling-knife and will be perfectly happy to come back with a couple of knives he did not want. :D.

Just beautiful thank you for posting that.
 
S-K,

The guys on the Bernard Levine forum have some questions about an odd type of stag used on the same model knife as the one above (what timing!!!). Thought you might have some idea of it's composition. I'll post a link to the thread below. There's a link to the knife in question in the first entry on the thread:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=497241

Eric
 
Looks like the English were there before the Swiss with multi-tools!
Exceptional condition must mean it was of exceptional quality as well.
 
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