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Old 14th December 2023, 01:53 PM   #5
Gavin Nugent
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A nice old letter opener by the looks... it isn't going to cut much else, it would be lucky to pull the skin of custard.

The pieces are artistically and culturally correct, but I can't help but feel they are a marriage of different pieces.
For sure paper knives like this exist, I only question the unusual angle at the forte and the obvious modern glue fixing the blade.

Potentially, and just thinking out loud, right or wring, perhaps once a full sliver of ivory including an integral hilt was the paper knife and it may have been melded into part of a defunct silverware set or similar.
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