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PAIR OF EARLY FOLDING KNIVES.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
PAIR OF EARLY FOLDING KNIVES.
One of the two knives is pictured and described on page 197 in "The Fur Trade" by author Milton von Damm: "two folding knives, both of which pivot on a single pin that also attaches the blade to their handles. One handle is round wood with three groves and a slit along the handle to house the blade's edge. This knife is ten inches long when opened and has a four and one half inch blade. The blade is very loose and the knife is a type that suggests a mid eighteenth century origin. The second knife has a primitive carved horn handle that could be either colonial Spanish or French. The blade also contains a hand made vine pattern. This knife is nice and one half inches long with a four and one quarter inch blade." CONDITION: good to very good overall. PROVENANCE: Don Euing, 1989; Lifelong Collection of author Milton von Damm. (02-22236/JS). $200-300.