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HI ,

I wonder does anyone have any ideas what the intended purpose of this small knife would have been for

It is in a case which you would expect to open and find a pencil inside.

The length of case excluding the suspension loop is 76mm, length of knife is 70mm, length of blade is 41mm.

Thanks in advance .
Regards,
Colin

A fruit knife?

I would say its a bit to small, not saying you are incorrect it just seems to small to me.

A letter opener?

Peter.

:::::: Might be a cigar cutter or a champagne (sommelier) knife. ::::::::;

Thanks for your thoughts and I suppose all could be considered,

However, again to small for a letter opener, the tooth pick option I had thought about and I see someone has been calling it that but in my opinion it would most probably cause cuts etc , and no way would I be putting this in my mouth with a blade point as well as the blade edge.

Cigar cutter, sounds plausible.

I have been cogitation over it and my thoughts are it may well be a carpenters knife for sharpening a carpenters pencil, similar cases housed wooden pencils so maybe a carpenter would have one for the pencil and one for sharpening the pencil?

I wouldn't even think for a moment of cleaning my teeth with a steel blade, but frankly, it seems difficult to me to imagine a carpenter sharpening a pencil with such a precious little object.

And you may well be right on that.

Plenty of suggestions , I thank everyone for their thoughts.

This knife doesn’t look like something I would imagine using as a toothpick either, but by the same token, what metals are used to make dentist’s implements?

Assuming that the hexagonal end of the knife fits back into the case making it into a handle I would say it's just a small penknife - handbag size?

Phil

::::: It still seems like something designed to be carried in a woman's purse, so could it be a knife designed for the sharpening of eyeliner pencils? :::::: I'm just wondering how sharp the blade is because I can't tell from the pics. ::::::::: It seems to have a dull point, however, that seems to be evident in the pics. :::::::::::::::