Tang stamp dates it from 1852 - 1983.
And the handle and blade is slightly bent.
Any way to know if it was from the 1800'S?
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M.B. Co. - Civil War knife?
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Re: M.B. Co. - Civil War knife?
It was made by Meriden Britannia Co.. It may have been from the late 1800's but regardless there's no way I would characterize it as a Civil War knife. It's a silver fruit knife likely used FAR from any battles.
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Re: M.B. Co. - Civil War knife?
If the knife is in fact from the years of the civil war, wouldn’t that make it a “civil war knife”? I don’t believe Triple f was implying that the knife was used in the war, just asking if it was from that era.
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Indeed. Thanks and thanks Eric!!
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My pleasure Scott!
Ben, yes but the Civil War was only four years. That's a mighty narrow time frame to date a knife unless there are some special dating characteristics of the brand. Late 1800's definitely fits better. To me calling a knife a Civil War Knife implies that it was actually used for some purpose in the war.
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Ben, yes but the Civil War was only four years. That's a mighty narrow time frame to date a knife unless there are some special dating characteristics of the brand. Late 1800's definitely fits better. To me calling a knife a Civil War Knife implies that it was actually used for some purpose in the war.
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You are right about that, it would be mighty hard to date a knife that old in such a narrow frame of time.ea42 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:53 pm My pleasure Scott!
Ben, yes but the Civil War was only four years. That's a mighty narrow time frame to date a knife unless there are some special dating characteristics of the brand. Late 1800's definitely fits better. To me calling a knife a Civil War Knife implies that it was actually used for some purpose in the war.
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General Grant’s fruit knife. He also used it to cut his cigars.
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