A German Hunting Knife, 19th Century
With fullered pipe-back blade double-edged towards the point and indistinctly stamped with Eisenhauer Solingen bladesmith's details on one side at the forte, hilt comprising steel quillons of tapering circular section with downcurved lobed tips, fluted pommel-cap, and natural staghorn grip carved in cameo against a brown stained ground with two stags in a landscape on one side, and with a boar beset by hounds in a landscape on the other, in its original brown leather sheath (some scuffing) with blued locket and chape (minor surface rust)
27 cm. blade
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With fullered pipe-back blade double-edged towards the point and indistinctly stamped with Eisenhauer Solingen bladesmith's details on one side at the forte, hilt comprising steel quillons of tapering circular section with downcurved lobed tips, fluted pommel-cap, and natural staghorn grip carved in cameo against a brown stained ground with two stags in a landscape on one side, and with a boar beset by hounds in a landscape on the other, in its original brown leather sheath (some scuffing) with blued locket and chape (minor surface rust)
27 cm. blade