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Rhys C





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PostPosted: Tue 15 Jan, 2008 6:16 am    Post subject: Any id on this         Reply with quote

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

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Jean Thibodeau




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PostPosted: Tue 15 Jan, 2008 7:32 am    Post subject: Re: Any id on this         Reply with quote

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 ?

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PostPosted: Tue 15 Jan, 2008 8:25 am    Post subject: Re: Any id on this         Reply with quote

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.

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Jean Thibodeau




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PostPosted: Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:09 am    Post subject: Re: Any id on this         Reply with quote

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. Wink Laughing Out Loud Still just a guess though !

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Jonathan Hopkins




PostPosted: Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:19 am    Post subject:         Reply with quote

I agree that it is Victorian at the oldest and probably a domestic item like a letter opener or page turner.

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Christopher Gregg




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PostPosted: Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:35 am    Post subject: Strange object         Reply with quote

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. Wink
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Rhys C





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PostPosted: Tue 15 Jan, 2008 1:58 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

Thankyou guys great as always Big Grin
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Ian Hutchison




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PostPosted: Tue 15 Jan, 2008 3:07 pm    Post subject:         Reply with quote

My suggestion is completely uninformed but, as an alternative to a Victorian origin, might it be African?
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