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    Posted 8 years ago

    alliececile
    (85 items)

    Found this at a garage sale. I think it is a tool of some sort. The dragon is hand carved from horn and is curved perfectly to fit in palm of hand for slicing. A fishing tool maybe for cutting ropes, nets, lines? The blade is one inch wide.

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    Comments

    1. RobH, 8 years ago
      Maybe a pencil sharpener.
    2. fleafinder fleafinder, 8 years ago
      wild guess...shaver?
    3. UncleRon UncleRon, 8 years ago
      Are you sure it's actually a cutting edge?
    4. NevadaBlades, 8 years ago
      My 2-cents worth: a dicer???
    5. whyatt whyatt, 8 years ago
      looks like 1 of the old school pencil sharpeners to me too. but im highly doubting it. why would one build a hand carved horn pencil sharpener ?
    6. fleafinder fleafinder, 8 years ago
      yeah i thought the Chinese are more into their ink and brushes than pencils
    7. fleafinder fleafinder, 8 years ago
      maybe bobee will know. bobeeeeeeeeeeeee..
    8. alliececile, 8 years ago
      Thanks for all of your responses. At the cottage with sketchy Internet. You can see where the blade has been sharpened on an angle.
    9. fleafinder fleafinder, 8 years ago
      No problem, so sorry we couldn't really figure out what is this though. looks nice as a decor piece nonetheless:)
    10. surfdub66 surfdub66, 8 years ago
      Cigar cutter??

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