Two small daggers for comment/identification

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Thank you Jim for your useful comment, like always! These small daggers were used in Germany as well, I've seen some marked with Solingen.

Best regards,
Detlef

Thats understandable, both France and Germany were very 'pop culture' in 1880s onward with deep interest in the wild west etc. so 'Bowie's were very popular. As Norman noted, nearly every knife became a 'Bowie' .

While Sheffield was producing blades for American markets from early in the 19th century, by the latter 19th Solingen got in the act too.