SOLD Antique Handmade Folk Art Knife with Carved Boot Handle Lincoln doll 4 7/16" d x 3"

4 7/16" d x 3" t

No real matter as they should immediately be taken out of the box and put to use

then a few favorite details

was carried by a policeman in the 1920s or so

the style of the rooks particularly

SOLD Antique Handmade Folk Art Knife with Carved Boot Handle Lincoln doll 4 7/16" d x 3"Quite 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