Clasp Knife "found" in Missouri along the Missouri River

[Salkehatchie]

A recent post reminded me of a clasp knife I discovered while helping a local historical society spruce up their museum collections.  The knife was in a box of arrow heads along with a couple of other miscellaneous items donated by a local collector years ago.  No other info.  We are in the Boonslick region of MO.  So hard to tell!  Horn and a nice hard thin steel. 

When I can, this jewel is on my list of "pocket knives" to make

Pictures are not the best apologies on that.  The first picture is the "closest to scale" of all of them.  I was able to trace the exact outline and the knife open is 7 3/8" long total.  And fits the hand surprisingly well.

Thank you

[Kevin]

 Salkehatchie,

Thanks for sharing the images.  That is a neat piece.  I look forward to seeing the additional pics.

Kevin

[Salkehatchie]

Probably should correct my posting, now I do have all the pictures of that knife posted.

Just goes to show you what is stored away.  Someone was going through discarding miscellaneous items and while sorting found this box of goodies and many more items.  Mostly Civil War era.  I have posted on Contemporary Makers a series of pictures from the Museum at the local college from a grave find and some other pictures.  The one picture of a large powder horn has "1799" inscribed on the butt plug.  In theory the horn came from the Boone family who was in the area about...8 miles to the SW on a bluff on the MO River. 

Might check that post on Contemporary out.

In the search engine for Contemporary Makers simply type in "Glasgow" and you will see a few more local items.

Thank you

[Daryl]

That knife is very similar to this replica of a Spanish Highwayman's Knife from the 18th Century.
I raised the release lever just to show it's similarity to the original posted above.

[WKevinD]

It appears to be a Navaga a fighting knife. I took a knife fighting class 10 or 15 years ago where the Navaga was the preferred weapon.

Kevin

[Salkehatchie]

Forgot about those Spanish blades.

Although I have never seen one, many here in this area claim to have deeds written in Spanish, prior to the area's purchase by the US.

Would not surprise me.

Thank you guys!