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Matchlock · 15th March 2009, 08:15 PM

Peter,

This sure is a wonderful knife, no doubt.

Although this is not exactly my field of competence I should attriute the item to roughly the first half to mid 16th century. It may well be of Dutch origin.

Are you sure about fruitwood? Looks to me like boxwood which was preferably used for carvings at that period of time.

I will try and look for similar samples.

Michael

15th March 2009, 08:15 PM	#2
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Peter, This sure is a wonderful knife, no doubt. Although this is not exactly my field of competence I should attriute the item to roughly the first half to mid 16th century. It may well be of Dutch origin. Are you sure about fruitwood? Looks to me like boxwood which was preferably used for carvings at that period of time. I will try and look for similar samples. Michael