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Originally Posted by Jerseyman
Perhaps it might be a 19C circus throwing knife? Performance throwing knives are made deliberately larger to be seen at a distance. The form seems right for that function...
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it is a very good possibility.
Throwing a knife needed to be seen at some distance, however throwing a large and heavy knife needs a person to match and would need to be a very large person.
Why would anyone use a massive hilt like that on a butcher or fishmonger's knife?