Ibberson Sportman
£120.00
Maker: assumed to be GEORGE
IBBERSON & CO. as the pile side of the main blade is stamped "[violin trademark] SHEFFIELD" - the violin trademark being a known Ibberson mark.
The main blade mark side tang is stamped "HARRODS BROMPTON Rd. S.
W" although the last two letters are unclear. The mark side tangs of the pen blade and the button hook are stamped
"HARRODS LTD."
An identical knife is illustrated in a
"Joseph Elliot & Sons" undated trade catalogue but assumed to date from the early 1900's - see "19th & early 20th
Century British Sportsmen's Knives PART
2." Collector Note at www.cask.info at
"2.2.1 Double-ended Sportsmen's Knives of the 'non-horseman' style"