G. Ibberson & Co.

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FRJ
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G. Ibberson & Co.

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Here is an odd little knife by G. Ibberson. It is made in very early "Firth Stainless".
It is 3 3/4" over all and the little body that contains the small pen blade is 2 inches.
The long blade has no sharp edges even though it tapers to an edge opposite the length of nail file.
I assume it is a manicure knife but I don't really know. Just had to have it.
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Re: G. Ibberson & Co.

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very nice. Is the match striker pull looking slot a fingernail file?

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Could be a letter opener.
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Staple puller? ::shrug::
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Re: G. Ibberson & Co.

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My best guess is the slot is old-type nail-file and the blade is for cuticle pushing, pill-counting and likely letter-opening as well (to keep the pen blade sharp). I agree that the "point" may well be a staple-puller. I haven't seen that blade before. Cool!

The early Schrade knives had that slot-type nail-file.
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