SOLD Antique Handmade Folk Art Knife with Carved Boot Handle Lincoln doll like McMansions

like McMansions

was carried by a policeman in the 1920s or so

then a few favorite details

sent  from a "Lizzie" in Cuttyhunk to Frank Slocum of South Westport

SOLD Antique Handmade Folk Art Knife with Carved Boot Handle Lincoln doll like McMansionsQuite a patina on this very old one. I love the gestural shape of the flat blade, with notch that maybe identifies it as a paring knife (?), but of course it's especially about the carved boot of a handle for me, much much handled and blackened from use (and maybe it got a bit too close to the fire once or twice, too.) Seems maybe earlier than later 19th c. American to me, including based on the shape of that boot, though I am no knife expert, and