Craighill-desk-knife. Candidate for worst edged tool ever.

[Pattree]

@Toddy
Best use for it!
We all had those. I used to get my knuckles rapped by various aunts for dipping the handles into the washing up water. Several of them were loose.

As for the OP - I can only think that some people have a very very bad need to open their post.

 

[Toddy]

@Toddy
Best use for it!
We all had those. I used to get my knuckles rapped by various aunts for dipping the handles into the washing up water. Several of them were loose.

As for the OP - I can only think that some people have a very very bad need to open their post.

To this day I never leave a knife sitting in water

We actually use a set of butter knives in that style every day, and they're pristine for all that they must be pre WW2.
They're much better knives than the modern ones.....and the forks of that period have proper tines, that actually stab into food, not chunked out by machine and called done.

 

[Toddy]

@Toddy
Best use for it!
We all had those. I used to get my knuckles rapped by various aunts for dipping the handles into the washing up water. Several of them were loose.

As for the OP - I can only think that some people have a very very bad need to open their post.

Or they need a heck of a defence agin the contents .....

 

[Broch]

What are those handles made from - bone?
We have a set in a tidy box somewhere

 

[Toddy]

Someplace we have some very old ones that are Ivory :sad: but usually they're some kind of fake plastic made to look like bone. Surprising how long they've lasted well.
I don't think it's casein or galalith.

 

[John Fenna]

I have a few in "Ivorene" (early plastic) and some in bone ... the first iterations of Stainless steel were excellent and I have turned some into very useful crafting knives, such as detail carvers, and ... desk knives!
My letter opener is a double edged "dagger" made from an old file ....

 

[Aristotle]

I'm going to go for a proper letter opening knife From Heinnie.com

Rockstead Don

The Rockstead Don is a fixed blade knife with a ZDP189 stainless steel blade with a VG10 cladding.

heinnie.com

 

[Aristotle]

I'm going to go for a proper letter opening knife From Heinnie.com

Rockstead Don

The Rockstead Don is a fixed blade knife with a ZDP189 stainless steel blade with a VG10 cladding.

heinnie.com

Actually, I've decided to buy one of these

Mora Garberg Multi-Mount

The Morakniv Garberg is a powerful full tang knife, designed to withstand the toughest challenges imaginable. <br />Its blade is 3.2 mm thick and made of high quality stainless steel, specially treated in Mora's factory to make it even stronger.

heinnie.com

And burn a stack of £50 notes in my fire pit instead

 

[Chris]

Actually, I've decided to buy one of these

Mora Garberg Multi-Mount

The Morakniv Garberg is a powerful full tang knife, designed to withstand the toughest challenges imaginable. <br />Its blade is 3.2 mm thick and made of high quality stainless steel, specially treated in Mora's factory to make it even stronger.

heinnie.com

And burn a stack of £50 notes in my fire pit instead

Don’t rule out the Rockstead, remember we get a 7% discount with BCUK.

 

[John Fenna]

Once they mend the hole in the blade I may take a bit of interest....

 

[Springchicken]

I'm going to go for a proper letter opening knife From Heinnie.com

Rockstead Don

The Rockstead Don is a fixed blade knife with a ZDP189 stainless steel blade with a VG10 cladding.

heinnie.com

Nah! It's far too cheap AND it looks like a knife.

 

[trashcanman1984]

I have been on the mailing list for Heinnie for a long time now, and I get bored of all the fad over priced rubbish...does anyone remember those figit spinners...

 

[Kadushu]

If I was confident it would increase in value as a collector's piece I might be tempted. In the way one might view an expensive watch for example. Chances are it'll be banned by the government before it appreciably appreciates.