SOLD Antique Handmade Folk Art Knife with Carved Boot Handle vintage Peruvian maybe originally a spice tin

maybe originally a spice tin but which has definitely served its announced purpose--I found it full of buttons and will include them if you'd like 'em

all embody variations on a theme

which look to have been salvaged from a library's card catalogue

I splurged on this one

but it doesn't seem to be actively chipping and is structurally in great shape

SOLD Antique Handmade Folk Art Knife with Carved Boot Handle vintage Peruvian maybe originally a spice tinQuite a patina on this very old one. I love the gestural shape of the flat blade, with notch that maybe identifies it as a paring knife (?), but of course it's especially about the carved boot of a handle for me, much much handled and blackened from use (and maybe it got a bit too close to the fire once or twice, too.) Seems maybe earlier than later 19th c. American to me, including based on the shape of that boot, though I am no knife expert, and