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Comment by Sue OldsWidow on January 16, 2014 at 19:59

ram horn ?

Comment by J.J. Smith III on January 13, 2014 at 0:03

I'm going with buffalo horn...

Comment by Ron Cooper on January 12, 2014 at 23:15

Good work, Luke!

The detective work is what makes our hobby so much fun. And it's educational, too! I enjoy poking around thrift stores and garage sales looking for old knives and then going home to see what I can uncover about their history.

Keep poking around, Luke. The answer is out there! (I think they used to say that on the X-Files?)

Comment by Luke Grimm on January 12, 2014 at 21:39

Thanks Jan, you are right it is slightly translucent with a very tight grain and nice color.

Comment by Paul Krings on January 12, 2014 at 21:16

Looks like horn to me also.

In Memoriam Comment by Terry Ray on January 12, 2014 at 21:10

i vote horn too

Comment by Luke Grimm on January 12, 2014 at 20:33

Well Ron, your pic got me googling, and I found this... 

It look like yours and mine combined. 

There are 6 blades in the exact place as on mine with a different small blade. But the layout is really close. I found this here: 6-piece 10cm Navette knife with screw, grey horn handle 806 DOUR. and here is a close up of the only mark anywhere..

I'm wondering if the JC is maybe a family elder of this knife's advertiser "Douris-Chastel" 

Gonna keep digging. Thanks!

Luke

Comment by Ron Cooper on January 12, 2014 at 17:45

It's horn. Possibly ram or buffalo?

Here is a pic of a similar type of horn on one of my vintage Robert Klaas "Kissing Cranes" knives...

Yours appears to be a very old Camp or Scout utility type of knife, similar to mine. The one I have has 6 blades (or implements). Here's another view of mine that shows the different tools...

How many blades (tools) does yours have? And, can you provide a picture of its tang stamp or any other markings that might be on the blades? It looks like you scored a very nice knife. I'm curious to see any other pictures of this knifes markings. Those markings might tell us who made your knife.

Comment by Jan Carter on January 12, 2014 at 16:51

looks too translucent to me, I would suspect horn of some type maybe sheep?