Please help identify this old knife

[hawk359]

The Ralph Brown Co - San Francisco.
I have no idea what is extending from the opposite side of the blade. Looks like a tongue depressor so I thought Doctor's knife, but have been unable to find any similar type design. Any help would be appreciated.

[Paladin]

Nope, sorry but not a doctor's knife. It is a horticultural tool for budding and grafting.

Ray

[Ramrod]

A horticultural knife like Ray said.
The cream colored part is most likely genuine ivory.
Cool old knife there.
Mark

[HiPower]

as paladin says it's a horticultural knife made for grafting. the ivory end was used since ivory has little possibility of disease transfer.--HiPower

[hawk359]

Thank you all for your expertise. Would anyone care to place an approximate value on the knife? I am not a collector, I found it in a box of junk I bought at a yard sale. Thank you in advance for your help.

[Paladin]

The condition on the knife means very much when discussing value and yours is well used. Don't plan on early retirement type funds. I normally use Goins Encyclopedia and I could not find a listing there. I checked in Levines and he shows the company as a wholsaler from about 1910, with no other info. Levines shows it as 'medium' as far as collectibility goes. A collector of San Francisco knives or a collector of that pattern of knife might pay something for it, maybe $20 to $30. About the only way to know for sure is to list it on eBay and see what happens.
Best of luck,
Ray

[tongueriver]

Some knifemakers would like to have that little piece of ivory to incorporate into their work.