Posts: 6
Tue 15 Jan, 2008 6:16 am
Any id on this
Hi this is not mine but from another forum its just under a foot long and the handle is made out of copper
Any ideas what it could be
Thanx
Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Tue 15 Jan, 2008 7:32 am
Re: Any id on this
Rhys C wrote: |
Hi this is not mine but from another forum its just under a foot long and the handle is made out of copper
Any ideas what it could be
Thanx
|
Guess: Letter opener maybe ?
Posts: 73 Location: Canada
Tue 15 Jan, 2008 8:25 am
Re: Any id on this
Jean Thibodeau wrote: |
Guess: Letter opener maybe ? |
Maybe if the letter contains ninjas. Otherwise, I would have thought it a little overkill for those poor letters.
Posts: 8,310 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:09 am
Re: Any id on this
Corey D. Sullivan wrote: |
Jean Thibodeau wrote: |
Guess: Letter opener maybe ? |
Maybe if the letter contains ninjas. Otherwise, I would have thought it a little overkill for those poor letters. |
Well I used to own a letter opener with a 6" to 8" blade ( don't remember for sure ) that had a steel blade and a rectangular aluminium handle that looked very much like this.
Possibly a by-knife of some kind if not a letter opener.
Looks possibly Victorian era if it's a letter opener. ;) :lol: Still just a guess though !
Posts: 1,377
Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:19 am
I agree that it is Victorian at the oldest and probably a domestic item like a letter opener or page turner.
Jonathan
Posts: 675 Location: Louisville, KY
Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:35 am
Strange object
I agree. My Grandmother worked in the China and Silver department at a now-defunct department store in Louisville, and she brought home a very similar item, which she said was a letter opener, but I remember it was used in the store to hold open the pages of the display wedding registry book. This was around 1970, so I guess the trend lived for awhile. ;)
Posts: 6
Tue 15 Jan, 2008 1:58 pm
Thankyou guys great as always :D
Posts: 625 Location: Louisiana / Nordrhein-Westholland
Tue 15 Jan, 2008 3:07 pm
My suggestion is completely uninformed but, as an alternative to a Victorian origin, might it be African?
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