can anyone date this knife? or any idea of what kind it is

[castletonking]

I think i have an old knife here can anyone possibly identify it? its so old and degraded the metal is brittle and black all the way through.....the buckle has been identified

[CRUSADER]

The off-set bar screams horse harness buckle

[castletonking]

The off-set bar screams horse harness buckle

the bar is broke off that side,does that make a difference?

[CRUSADER]

The off-set bar screams horse harness buckle

the bar is broke off that side,does that make a difference?

no, I can see its broken, off-set means the bar is set back from the buckle frame

[castletonking]

The off-set bar screams horse harness buckle

the bar is broke off that side,does that make a difference?

no, I can see its broken, off-set means the bar is set back from the buckle frame

thats kool,it must have been a fancy one because of the beveled edges and the remnants of the silver plating that still exist on parts of it.

[CRUSADER]

The off-set bar screams horse harness buckle

the bar is broke off that side,does that make a difference?

no, I can see its broken, off-set means the bar is set back from the buckle frame

thats kool,it must have been a fancy one because of the beveled edges and the remnants of the silver plating that still exist on parts of it.

Yeap, had lots of plated/chromed horse buckles (rarely silver, although they look it)

[castletonking]

The off-set bar screams horse harness buckle

the bar is broke off that side,does that make a difference?

no, I can see its broken, off-set means the bar is set back from the buckle frame

thats kool,it must have been a fancy one because of the beveled edges and the remnants of the silver plating that still exist on parts of it.

Yeap, had lots of plated/chromed horse buckles (rarely silver, although they look it)

i'll take your word for it,somehow it wound up 6 inches deep in a site thats a mile in the woods, produces nothing but late 18th to early 19th century finds,with no modern trash.curious how things work

[Dano Sverige]

Blade looks like a razor.

[castletonking]

Blade looks like a razor.

it's so degraded,we'll never know.in fact the metal is so old it breaks like glass.

[Roadhard72]

shaped like a straight razor for shaving

[castletonking]

shaped like a straight razor for shaving

nice,it was found about 4 inches deep near a well,one more item from the site thats producing late 18th an early 19th century items.no modern trash at all,and never been detected.