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Old 4th June 2006, 06:00 PM   #1
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Question Old ivory handled knife -- Origin ???

Any ideas what this one is and where it came from: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=6632421736

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Old 4th June 2006, 06:09 PM   #2
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Looks like an old 19th century carving or table knife to me.


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Old 4th June 2006, 06:28 PM   #3
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this is a 17th century table knife from the Wallace collection so it is possible it is 18th century table knife.
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Old 4th June 2006, 09:40 PM   #4
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A Turkey related one
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Old 4th June 2006, 10:54 PM   #5
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How about finding someone who owns a book showing cutlery marks in Europe?
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