Half-Moon Knife by Blanchard Paris
Half-Moon Knife by Blanchard Paris
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Beautiful antique Half-Moon Knife by famed workshop Blanchard Paris.
Manufactured 1900s
The most ancestral knife for most workers in leather. The first half moon knives are recorded in use as early as 1500 B.C by the Egyptians. This current pattern has not changed since the 1500s and is illustrated as part of the shoemaker’s kit in Diderot & d’Alembert Encyclopaedia (1760)
Stamped: Blanchard Paris (Greyhound emblem)
19cm at widest point
Original pear-tree handle and brass ferrule
Excellent condition, still sharp
Finest quality craftsmanship
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