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Help with knife identification
Hi,
I'm an archaeologist, and have been excavating at what we believe to be an early 19th century shipwreck survivor camp in Alaska. When I cleaned off a heavily encrusted piece of metal, a folding knife appeared. Looks to be a quill or pen knife. I'm wondering if the style gives any clues as to age or origin? The handle appears to have been tortoise, or possibly horn. It was a Russian ship, but had spent time in England. Any comments appreciated. Dave
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I am in complete agreement .. Thanks for your research, John !!
John McCain said:Dave- I actually believe it is probably an English made jack knife. Likely a slim jack pattern or similar pattern.My reasons for believing this are the general shape and length and the long bar shield. ....
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