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Offline Shreckmeister

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Bone handled clip point
« on: July 10, 2014, 04:37:57 PM »
   What era would this knife most likely be from based on it's design?





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Re: Bone handled clip point
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2014, 05:11:48 PM »
  If those brass rivets are cutlers rivets as they appear to be, they show up around the 1870's, if my memory serves me right. That's about all I can day about it. The sheath appears to be European, but I am not sure. After a closer look, I am not entirely sure those are cutlers rivets as the head sizes vary, and are not uniform in shape, but that really does not say either way as to what they are. Rear most rivet, left side top photo, does seem to be a cutlers rivet with it being uniformly round and seemingly having a slightly rounded edge. The heads may have been modified to suit the maker. Chuck Burrows might tell you much more about it.
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Re: Bone handled clip point
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2014, 10:42:10 PM »
I appreciate the feedback Wick.
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Re: Bone handled clip point
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2014, 03:56:49 PM »
I suspect the knife was made rather recently, however, little I see prevents it from being an mid to late 1800s knife. Usually in older knives [including 1800s ones] iron pins were used instead of brass, which is why I would say 1900s.  The clip blade form, unlike what some think, does not date it-- in and of itself--could be nearly any period. Bone/stag was and is a popular handle material. The overall style suggests a hunting knife from the early 1900s, perhaps, but the sheath is old style. I have seen many handmade knives over the years in antique shops that are nearly impossible to date accurately.  
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Offline Salkehatchie

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Re: Bone handled clip point
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2014, 02:54:06 PM »
Schrechmeister:

I concur with all the above.  And I own about a dozen or more old antique blades.  Have taken to numerous guys out there [never run into Wick, but Kyle W. and Alan Longmire and Scot Summerville ] and some are post 1875 probably and others....just plain hard to tell.

My favorite knife is one that you can see the cold chisel marks used to cut it out of a saw blade.  Beautiful steel and temper 8" blade.  Copper peened pins, partial tang, hickory.  Looks like Noah had it.

My greatest find was a broken cutoe blade with fuller that had been turned into a corn knife!  It is now with a well known Scottish Dirk maker being turned into a 14" bladed Jacobite Dirk! 

None of my finds ever cost over $25.  Some only .50 or... my find from yesterday at a women's clothing flea market my wife dragged me into.  Owner's daughter is a German wood carver and had a bunch of cast offs in a box for sale!  Little did the wife know what was waiting for me there  :o.  With a distal tapered tang even, 7" blade pitted and rusted all to heck, but with a beautiful temper and tapered full tang with walnut slabs I paid $1 for.

Anyway...beautiful knife!  Every want to sell it....  ;)
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