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Pàdruig , yes, it's a great thread to read over again, I agree. Thanks for the likes, my friend, and it's good to see you here.
That's a stunning looking knife you've found there - the handle certainly has the classic swayback shape. I wonder how much of the blade may have been sharpened away from the original profile? I love those fluted bolsters!
Thank you Chin, its wonderful to be here, albeit more in an observer capacity than anything. I hope to contribute more substantially in the future. Those fluted bolsters are something else, aren't they? Lovely knife overall.
Great research and a fascinating post Padruig Personally, I think that knife probably started out as a Sheepsfoot, and has seen some sharpening, but it's certainly an interesting knife, and beautiful, as you say There is a rather lengthy inclusion in Tweedale's Directory, and based on that, the mark would be mid 19th century.
The more I look at the pictures, the more I suspect you and Chin to be right, the angles can be deceiving. At first glance, the taper the blade has would lead me to believe it is a Lambsfoot, yet when I look towards the tip, it has more of a Sheepsfoot look to it and the other pictures that are included show a different angle where the perceived taper seems to be nonexistent. A neat knife all the same and it caused me to learn a little about the firm so not a fruitless effort on my part at least.
The owner has a number of other antique Sheepsfoot knives as well and he refers to them all as Navy or Rope cutting knives like he does the one I referenced. I guess another way one can attempt to do searches if this was a common label for such knives.