Joseph Rodgers & Sons Lg Carving Knife Carbon Steel Sheffield Argentine Export 1880-1900s Fermentation This board should be dried a blacksmith out of

Joseph Rodgers & Sons Lg Carving Knife Carbon Steel Sheffield Argentine Export 1880 1900s Fermentation This board should be dried a blacksmith out of This board should be dried flat on a hard surface or by using the swing stand to dry upright to avoid warping This design is a classic New England solution to non integrally bolstered handles tendancy to swell at the blade handle junction Made between 1880s and 1900 most likely for export to South America Argentina (a major export market for Sheffield) with the mark 'El Trinchante Incomparable' (the incomparable carver )which is acid etched while the Rodgers mark is hot stamped Blade has some pits from rust and a few dings on the edge (and one small dent on side of blade) but is 100% full having never been re ground on the edge