The knife is made of wood and looks to be solid black, not painted or stained. Ebony? It’s 16 inches long and ½ inch thick at the handle.
Those 6 disks, 3 on each side of the handle are about 7/16 inches in diameter and look to be mother of pearl or abalone.
Looks to be some old tape helping to prevent the crack in the blade from getting worse. That tape has been there a long time.
Any thoughts on what it might be or where it came from, value, etc so I can pass the info on to Jim and his 90 year old wife.
Many thanks.
Bill
