Hey sc/out/s, I was browsing a local auction site and I came

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Blade close up with stamp.
I appologise for the tiny pictures, but the mobile version of the site is piss poor.

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The (alleged) horn handle

>>884213
>Or perhaps just a really fancy steak knife?
prolly

>>884213
from the shape of the of blade it'd be a really bad utility/woodworking/bushcraft knife

The blade is to long to do fine work with the belly without risking stabbing yourself in the leg.
The point is too thin and too far away from the handle to do fine detail corner work without the risk of slipping away.

The lack of a true palm swell means it is unsuited to whittling.

This knife would be terrible for /out/ purposes.

I think, due to the false guard designed to stop your finger running onto the blade in the thrust and the long edge, coupled with the fine point, this is a self defence knife.
Still a good find and it looks aesthetic as fuck, but it is not a /out/ knife.

>>884230
I really didn't consider it to be an /out/ knife. By utility I meant more of a EDC/housework kind of thing.
The false guard eluded me until you mentioned it, good observation, however I'm not so sure whether the design matches what would be common a self defence weapon in that time period.
I'm really hoping that someone would recognize the style, as it's pretty distinct.

>>884246
Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Don't know much about knife history, just making observations about the shape of the knife and handle.
It does look vaguely similar to carving and boning knives, but other than that I see no similarity to other common household knives.

>>884213
That's a french letter opener

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>>884251
What's this assumption based on? As far as I've seen most leter openers have straight "blades". besides this seems to have a (bad) bevel.
Perhaps someone bought it thinking it was a regular knife and tried sharpening it?
I'm calling the seller tomorrow to ask him what he knows about it and potentially buy the thing, until then keep your assumptions coming.

>>884251
>>884258
Hmm Actually now this guy has said that I might recount my previous assessment>>884230
This does look a lot like other letter openers, especially in the way that the handle narrows towards the guard and is banded with a decorative collar.
Does the grind look like it was always in this double bend shape or does it look like it was once a straight edge. Asking because the naked eye is always better at picking up these sort of details instead of drunk strangers looking at an out of focus pic on the internet.

>>884260
I can tell as much from the pics as you can, bud. I don't actually have the knife in front of me.
However from the pics the bevel seems pretty shoddy, but the blade shape seems to be unaltered. It would be so disappointing if it's a letter opener.
It still looks good, but in my eyes way less worth my time and money.