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[oldbattleaxe]

I had found a few knives that have similar blades shapes. I found this blade several years ago while deer hunting. I found this blade similar to a Spanish Navaja. The clip point part of the blade has a double edge. It measures 7 1/2" It still is pretty sharp. Was this a folding knife or a straight side knife? What the hel was it doing in Ohio anyway? I would like to know more about the country, use, and how it works. Okay! go at it.

 

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[releventchair]

Can't see the entire tang in your pictures (Mr. fingers!)

Looks like saw blade steel repurposed. Good material.
Drilling a hole in it means annealing it first and rehardening and retempering after. Or a heck of a drill bit. Annealing could be done in a fire using ashes as insulation to slowly cool in. Or perhaps buried in sand under the fire and letting the fire fade/cool overnight.

If it had a hole on the top rear I'd guess 18th century clasp knife. But who says it needs a ring?
Some had a short tang extended on the top rear to hold pressure on in use. But simply cut away from you to keep pressure on it and not have it fold.

Being a non factory knife the builder had lots of design options.
Your tang seems by a guess to be so short that the knife did fold.
A longer tang would hint elsewise. It's strength allowing other handle ideas.

A hole the opposite side from the existing one could be used to stagger a pair of scale pins/screws/rivets. An old design I've seldom seen.
Yes single pin examples exist too but not in the position yours is in.

Your hole's example being so close to the edge hints of something else going on.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Great comments from Releventchair. The only thing I might add is that it is a very flat blade; no blood grooves, not much taper from spine to edge, etc. I like his comment about it possibly being a repurposed saw blade. I would guess the lack of detail means it was homemade. It may have some age to it. If homemade, I guess it was purely utilitarian in purpose. Made to function, not to visually impress. Nice find. I love these kind of items.

 

[oldbattleaxe]

Thanks for your excellent observation. There is a taper in the thickness. The pivot point is similar. I do not see anyway to lock the blade in those pictures. The other picture shows a similar blade shape.

 

[oldbattleaxe]

Great comments from Releventchair. The only thing I might add is that it is a very flat blade; no blood grooves, not much taper from spine to edge, etc. I like his comment about it possibly being a repurposed saw blade. I would guess the lack of detail means it was homemade. It may have some age to it. If homemade, I guess it was purely utilitarian in purpose. Made to function, not to visually impress. Nice find. I love these kind of items.

I have taken an interest in this conversation. The hole looks to be made that way for some reason? There is wear area in the hole towards the pommel end. I would like to continue conversation. I am trying to duplicate a grip that could make this work. Releventchair has me thinking more about it.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

I had found a few knives that have similar blades shapes. I found this blade several years ago while deer hunting. I found this blade similar to a Spanish Navaja. The clip point part of the blade has a double edge. It measures 7 1/2" It still is pretty sharp. Was this a folding knife or a straight side knife? What the hel was it doing in Ohio anyway? I would like to know more about the country, use, and how it works. Okay! go at it.

Arkansas toothpick…!
Great find…! 👍

 

[oldbattleaxe]

This blade must have been made to fold. The hole must have been that way for some reason. There must be an old knife collector that knows about this blade. How it used to work. I guess it is possible that it was made as straight knife. There is an answer out there. Releventchair. I agree with you. I really feel this knife was manufactured though. I have carved a handle for a clip knife with this blade, that way I can hold it in my handle to see how it would have worked. So far no luck. I will keep on trying. some old timer has one or seen one.

 

[Blackfoot58]

This blade must have been made to fold. The hole must have been that way for some reason. There must be an old knife collector that knows about this blade. How it used to work. I guess it is possible that it was made as straight knife. There is an answer out there. Releventchair. I agree with you. I really feel this knife was manufactured though. I have carved a handle for a clip knife with this blade, that way I can hold it in my handle to see how it would have worked. So far no luck. I will keep on trying. some old timer has one or seen one.

Keep in mind, this knife could be a homemade “one off”. As such, it may have never existed in a manufactured form. That would leave nothing to compare it to. It seems to have no bolster etching, engraving, stamping etc. Another clue that it may be non-mass produced.

 

[oldbattleaxe]

I am going by the fact that it was found by me in the woods. My thinking it must have been used for hunting. The hole has lots of wear at the bolster edge meaning it must have had a pin there.

 

[oldbattleaxe]

Showing wear in the pin hole. Looks like wear at the lower curve on the left. Showing a similar blade to this one.