Found a old knife at yard sale marked 95%

Jayjohn

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BagLady

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Hi. Welcome to Tnet. I think you have a food serving tool/piece. I don't know why it says 95%, but hopefully that means its 95% silver..?
Someone else is bound to know. :thumbsup:
 

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My guess is the handle is 95% silver.
 

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Jayjohn

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No, it doesn't. It's solid. I weighed it, it came to 98.5g's
 

BosnMate

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probably hollow and full of sand for weight. Not being funny, I've actually seen sterling with weighted handles.
 

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I have never seen a melon knife.

Nice find.
 

galenrog

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If the handle is .950 silver and .050 copper, the color is about right.

A knife of this size with a weighted silver handle should run about 100 grams. If solid .950 silver, it would be around twice that weight, if not more.
 

Rodbuster209

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Could be pewter, I believe I've seen it marked that way before. Good luck!
 

galenrog

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I had not thought of that. If the pewter is 95% tin, any percentage marking would be 95%. In addition, if 5% copper, the color in the image would be consistent. Handle still filled.
 

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You could do the tin foil, baking soda, boiling water test. If it starts to smell sort of like rotten eggs, it's silver.
 

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