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None of above. You'd have to go back 170 years, but it is a tool for use on humans, these are well documented. They are also small, could never be a hoof pick and looks nothing like a "rooster nutter" as Dale suggested. By the way Dale, thanks for the vote of confidence in my knowledge of mid 1800s cutlery. Dunno why you have to have Ray agree with me to accept my ID. Do you not have a copy of Levine's famous book? If not, you should get one, a wealth of knowledge awaits. I don't know much about post 1950 knives other than KA-BAR, don't care about modern folders at all, but have a fairly extensive knowledge of antique cutlery from before 1950.Doc B wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:31 pmAs a dentist...I'm going to vote it's not dental. The catalogue pictures definitely show instruments related to instruments in use today. The three configurations of the OP don't seem to something that would be very useful in the dental world. I would think veterinarian, or medical side. Some type of hoof pick / blood letting / castration?
Gunsil,Gunsil wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:55 pm
None of above. You'd have to go back 170 years, but it is a tool for use on humans, these are well documented. They are also small, could never be a hoof pick and looks nothing like a "rooster nutter" as Dale suggested. By the way Dale, thanks for the vote of confidence in my knowledge of mid 1800s cutlery. Dunno why you have to have Ray agree with me to accept my ID. Do you not have a copy of Levine's famous book? If not, you should get one, a wealth of knowledge awaits. I don't know much about post 1950 knives other than KA-BAR, don't care about modern folders at all, but have a fairly extensive knowledge of antique cutlery from before 1950.
Sorry..I thought I was kind of agreeing with you...that is was medical or veterinary. I was just throwing my (less than 2 cents worth)...that it didn't look dental. I'll be the first to tell you, I'm no expert on knives. I have had an interest in old dental equipment and instruments; however, I can not definitively say it's not dental. Just doesn't look like anything I've seen in the dental world, old or new. That's why I said it was my "vote" that it wasn't dental.Gunsil wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:55 pmNone of above. You'd have to go back 170 years, but it is a tool for use on humans, these are well documented. They are also small, could never be a hoof pick and looks nothing like a "rooster nutter" as Dale suggested. By the way Dale, thanks for the vote of confidence in my knowledge of mid 1800s cutlery. Dunno why you have to have Ray agree with me to accept my ID. Do you not have a copy of Levine's famous book? If not, you should get one, a wealth of knowledge awaits. I don't know much about post 1950 knives other than KA-BAR, don't care about modern folders at all, but have a fairly extensive knowledge of antique cutlery from before 1950.Doc B wrote: ↑Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:31 pmAs a dentist...I'm going to vote it's not dental. The catalogue pictures definitely show instruments related to instruments in use today. The three configurations of the OP don't seem to something that would be very useful in the dental world. I would think veterinarian, or medical side. Some type of hoof pick / blood letting / castration?
Sorry again...but, I've had an interest in historical dentistry, over the years. I do not have any significant collection of dental instruments. I've found the history of dentistry to be fascinating and read a fair amount, on it's beginnings. There are a few dental "museums". Our dental school had a fairly good one. One of our Air Force training clinics had a small one as well. My only remark was that I could recognize the instruments, noted in the pictured catalog as being instruments being almost identical to instruments used today. I do not believe the catalog picture, is the same instrumentation as the OP knife. The shapes, of the working ends of the OP, knife did not appear to be anything that I could see related to dental today...or the instruments I've seen in the past. That was my only basis, to think it may be for medical or veterinary care.Gunsil wrote: ↑Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:39 amI only based my dental on Levine''s book and a couple of internet photos of similar folding tools in tortoise handles. Levine, cutlery expert that he is could still be wrong, there are some incorrect "facts" in his book, and we all know that everything you read on the internet is true, Abraham Lincoln said so. If your collection goes back to the mid 1800s you must know and I am glad to know also. I know a guy who deals in early medical tools and gadgets on occasion and I have seen what he looks for and the OP gadget is one of them. Love to see some pics of dental tools from your collection from the mid 1800s for an education!!
I didn't definitively say it wasn't dental. "Medical" is an "all encompassing" term that would cover medical, dental & veterinary. Lines like..." Some have said medical, dental or veterinary" would not be erroneous. Again...my less-than-2 cents worth.
Agreed, mid-1800s "medical instrument" would be a good selling description.
