CutFingers
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I can't figure out the date on this one. Sorry I don't have photos. I can't exactly get a good close up of the blade. It's a nice big fat tall 12 incher.
The Grand Prize lettering is faded.It reads 1900, then what looks like to be 04 lettering...No serial number or anything that I can make out.
I think it was used with a steel so heavily as to wear off the maker marks. It has a lighter wood handle with small pin rivets, not the larger ones of the more modern knives. So my guess is the handle material is hickory or hard maple. It's not ebony.
I could try to take some photos if that helps. The knife needs some sharpening and tip repair. What is nice, is that is still quite tall and has a large belly, it hasn't been bird beaked to the point of being a toothpick.
I paid 25$ for it. I am sure it will be fun to cut with once it's sharpened up.
The Grand Prize lettering is faded.It reads 1900, then what looks like to be 04 lettering...No serial number or anything that I can make out.
I think it was used with a steel so heavily as to wear off the maker marks. It has a lighter wood handle with small pin rivets, not the larger ones of the more modern knives. So my guess is the handle material is hickory or hard maple. It's not ebony.
I could try to take some photos if that helps. The knife needs some sharpening and tip repair. What is nice, is that is still quite tall and has a large belly, it hasn't been bird beaked to the point of being a toothpick.
I paid 25$ for it. I am sure it will be fun to cut with once it's sharpened up.