Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - marks on a 19th C Coachman's / horseman's knife

Mel H · 18th January 2020, 03:54 PM

I've had a couple of these with the recess under the flat (stone picker?) blade and I seem to remember being told it was for cracking hazel nuts, I would assume that the chisel nicks were an aid to the griping of the cases.

18th January 2020, 03:54 PM	#2
Mel H Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: North East England. Posts: 107	I've had a couple of these with the recess under the flat (stone picker?) blade and I seem to remember being told it was for cracking hazel nuts, I would assume that the chisel nicks were an aid to the griping of the cases. Last edited by Mel H; 19th January 2020 at 11:41 AM.