Pocket Knife or Straight Blade Razor?

[Hill Billy]

Found this piece and I am curious of it's age?
Also are the letters J V or I V the manufacturers or are they initials of the person who owned it.
I think it is made of pewter but not positive.
Thanks for your help.

 

[johnnyi]

That's a beautiful pocket knife!

 

[traderoftreasures]

i would say the raised letters indicate manufacturer. as for owner would have surely been ingraved.

 

[spartacus53]

I would go with a pocket knife too. A straight blade razor would be a tad bit longer, like about 5" or more inches.

 

[searcher]

Gentlemans pocket knife to mine eye.

What does the blade have stamped on it?

 

[Hill Billy]

Gentlemans pocket knife to mine eye.

What does the blade have stamped on it?

Blade is gone, rusted away.
Thanks everyone for your replies, maybe someone can date this knife.

 

[IronSpike]

Awesome pocket knife Person left, horse and hut on right?

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Punch in "antique pocket knife JV" Google it. You'll see a link reading "Americana-Antiques and art western cowboy and indian" Under the thread heading someone talks of a knife bearing the initials JV thinking it may be someones initials. Good luck

 

[searcher]

Darn, I was hoping that the stub was part of the blade and that the maker had stamped it deep.

 

[extractor]

pocket knife

 

[IronSpike]

Similar to this Gorham pocket knife:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25598075

 

[johnnyi]

Well done Spike! I think a lot of us who've been plodding through searches that always seemed to end in "case pocket knives" know how much "leg work" went into finding something similar!

 

[IronSpike]

Most of us remember seeing similar knives and I couldn't have found this pic without the image search function. Checking similar hits and then changing wording in search based these hits. I think it was 'antique silver pocket knives' for this image.