Seller's Description: The blade is forged from a file with some of the file marks left. It is very comfortable in your hand. The handles are constructed from wood. The overall length of the knife is 8 1/2" long. The blade measures 5". Touch mark is EL Jr., Edward Linhardt Jr., a well known blacksmith in the rendezvous circuit. 01/05
The knife tang is 1/4" thick at the back of the handle, and there is a
uniform distal taper to the tip. I've been using it in the kitchen for a while.
It is hefty, so it's been doing ice pick duty breaking up frozen fruit for
smoothies. I like the blade and handle shape. They give a secure grip without
the inconvience of a hilt, and allow flush cutting on a board.. The carbon steel
is developing a nice patina. It just gets a wipe with a scotch-brite pad after
use. Edge retention is not as good as my "supersteel" pocket knives, but
sharpening it up is good therapy for me.
I found a little riveted sheath at the second-hand store that fits it.
Seller's description from E-bay. For bid is this file forged beavertail dagger. These daggers were a very popular trade item with the northern plains Indians beginning in the early 19th century. They were called beavertail due to the fact that the shape and the fact that many were made from old files left them resembling a beaver's tail. This dagger was made by the Larios Family of Sayula, Jalisco, Mexico. The Larios family has been making knives since Spanish Colonial days. They still make them the old fashioned way with anvil and forge.
This dagger is 13'' (33 cm) long. The blade is 7'' (17.7 cm) long, 2 1/2'' (6 cm) wide and 1/8'' (3 mm) thick. The grips are birdsey maple and are held in place with epoxy and 4 brass pins. They have been stained and rubbed with linseed oil. The rear of the grip has a hole in it if you wish to put a buckskin thong through it. One side of the blade has a fish scale pattern left over from the file and the other side has a fish net pattern. There is a small indentation on one side of the grips which does not affect the beauty of this knife. If you look just below the second pin from the right you will see a dark line...that's it.
