Thread: A nice day at the Antiques Fair

Originally Posted by Crawler

The picture is a bit blurry, what is that third artifact in the bottom of the picture? Is it another one of those "art pieces" where they stuck a tribal carving on the tang of a straight razor as a handle??

Perhaps a 'patch knife' made from a razor from back in the muzzle-loader days?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Perhaps a 'patch knife' made from a razor from back in the muzzle-loader days?

Its definitely shaped like one.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Perhaps a 'patch knife' made from a razor from back in the muzzle-loader days?

Originally Posted by outback

Its definitely shaped like one.

Good point about patch knives but this has got a different shape handle that is designed to use like a one handed draw knife.

Mike did you loose this? I noticed it in the design after I bought it.



Of course if you change angle in the light it MAY say DAVE????

Yeah, 32t's find is a crooked knife. They were used by Native Americans like a draw knife. Some were made from recycled knives or they could be bought at a trading post, blade only.

Nope.[emoji4]
But it could have been a farmers tool.
Maybe for cutting heads of lettuce, or things from vines. Would work nicely for removing peppers, and mellons

Originally Posted by outback

Nope.[emoji4]
But it could have been a farmers tool.
Maybe for cutting heads of lettuce, or things from vines. Would work nicely for removing peppers, and mellons

Good I was worried you might want it back!

A quick definition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooked_knife

Ummm I lost one like that


Dang cool knife though

It is a rare event that I get a chance to hunt in the wild. Here is the only item I have found that I am happy about the pricing and condition.

Nice! One or two minty blades, to boot! What year is indicated on the spine of the blades?

One nice blade in the stropper and one NOS still in its wrapper and metal case. I will have to look up the dates code on the blades as it is not obvious to me. The box is marked with patent dates of 1923, 1925, 1926, so I guess that set was made after that. It is typical of an antique store too. Three sets, one with a broken hone one missing the hone, two of them did not have all the removable parts as in blade and handle, the set I got being the third, but they were all the same price. Another shop had some nice razors but they were quite pricey.