Unmarked J Russell 'California Carver' Copy 9" Offset Carving Knife Carbon Steel Nickel Stag 1870s-1920s Steel Care We have a left handed Blade is free from

Unmarked J Russell 'California Carver' Copy 9" Offset Carving Knife Carbon Steel Nickel Stag 1870s 1920s Steel Care We have a left handed Blade is free from We have a left handed version too Both the new old stock Sabatier Acier Fondu and Sabatier **** were found together with the same ferrule construction Exports of San Francisco made knives to the East coast and Europe impressed with their unique design and high quality and manufacturers there were quick to copy the 'California Carver' style Imitations of the iconic offset carving knife with a hump on the spine and carving fork and sharpening steels with antennae like guards cropped up from makers as far away as Sheffield and Germany in the later 19th century as the copiers were copied themselves