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You can get burned sometimes by reading the tang stamps that have no country on them. A lot of times stuff was not made for export and thus wasn't marked accordingly. Never made sense to me to have...

I don't recall seeing any of those that were really "sharp" like a razor. That looks like a "desk knife" which is a combination "pen knife" and eraser. It probably had a cover for the blade end at...

The VAST assortment of wildly varied knowledge of just about everything on the planet that comes out in places like this simply amazing. I've spent pretty much my whole life gathering mostly useless...

People are easily confused between fleams and erasers.

The blade on the right of this knife is a fleam for bleeding
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AND "corn knives" or corn razors" as pictured 2nd from the left in Manah's catalog page. :)

Didn't have anything to with writing unless you had to carry your manuscript and the corns on your feet...

AND "quill knives" ;) that evolved into "pen knives". :)

Those things are as well made as any knife or razor that was produced by their respective manufacturers.

They're a neat piece of history in their own right. ;)

Manah nailed it. :)

I don't think that thing is anywhere near "1800's". Sure looks like it was ground from a file to me. Workmanship involved appears to be decent from the photos. It's pretty hefty too.

The seller...