G. Butler Quill
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G. Butler Quill
1880s - maybe, the mother of pearl handle is split with the liners and tapered to a smooth and very natural feel in the hand.
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Re: G. Butler Quill
Looks like it might be a combination quill knife/folding bone.Used to fold envelopes before they were available commercially.
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Re: G. Butler Quill
Yes Sir, I hadn't thought of that but it makes perfect sense, thank you ...
Re: G. Butler Quill
Nice quill Paul .. At first I thought it may be a budding/grafting knife but not enough width at end ... and more importantly MOP would not be the best handle for prying open branches for grafts...
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Re: G. Butler Quill
Interesting old knife - first one of them I've seen constructed like that. (Ray probably has several like it though ).
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If your religion requires that you hate someone, you need a new religion.
When the people fear their government, that is tyranny. When government fears the people, that is freedom.
https://www.akti.org/