Hotspur, that is one heck of a Spring Cleaning!What a wonderful collection!
I myself am a fan ot the "theatre Knife," whether it be a Civil War Bowie to a WW2 Dagger.Some are no better than "Prison Shanks," while others are truly fearsome and works of art; often they will be personalized,with places they have been, a picture of their loved one embedded in the handle, a pinup girl drawn on the scabbard, etc.
They tell a story, they are a piece of history, and maybe they deserve a place here?
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