What's the story of bare tang production fixed blades

[Hickory n steel]

I recently started to wonder when these became a common thing, besides dive knives, we're they a thing before say the 1980's ?
They're common enough these days, but I'm sure the essee izula wasn't the first.

So does anyone know what the first bare tang production fixed blade was, or at least the first you can remember ?

 

[tltt]

Something like the Marbles Bird and Trout goes back to the early 20th century, and I'm sure you can find surgical knives that date earlier -

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And if you want to widen it, Dufilho of New Orleans was doing stuff like this in the 1860's -

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The big boom in skeleton knives happened in the 70's - early 80's. Capers, skinners, and small fighters being the most common designs.

 

[Hickory n steel]

Something like the Marbles Bird and Trout goes back to the early 20th century, and I'm sure you can find surgical knives that date earlier -

.

And if you want to widen it, Dufilho of New Orleans was doing stuff like this in the 1860's -

.

The big boom in skeleton knives happened in the 70's - early 80's. Capers, skinners, and small fighters being the most common designs.

Man, I forgot all about the marbles bird and trout.

 

[tltt]

Blackie Collins, and later Bowen were doing stuff like this in the 70's -

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G W Stone was very popular from his finger skinners and trappers even before that -

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Those were common, widely seen models.