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Tim,
From the beginning i was convinced it isn't a tourist knife. This knife has a story and didin't started its life as a letter opener. I think it is a bit to short for a snow cutter. Those knifes are longer. I suppose you don't have the scabbard? The more i look at it the more i see an older knife and most probably from the arctic area. Antler and bone is there more avaible than iron. Look at this knife. I bought it in Sweden on a fair during a summer holiday. It has a bit the same look like your knife. That's why I think you have to look in the scandinavian area for its origin. |
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Tim
Ice knives usually have much longer curved blades. http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-fac...gloo-build.htm Lew |
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Perhaps a food knife. Or a knife like a tool as in sail makers knife/tool? or a fisherman's net repair tool? It could have a specific function? Cutting paper I dare say
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You forgot this could have been used as a spreading knife for jam or peanut butter ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lew |
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snow knives.. inuit
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Lew what a good Idea. A fat spreading knife, food utensil for sure, used almost daily even three times a day? Also the fact of being handled with fat and other food stuffs would help polish and patina the knife. Without a skidu in the late 19th early 20th century to find a shop selling you a butter knife would far away and a waste of time and fuel
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