An Asprey Combination Pocket Knife, Game Counter And Place-Finder, Retailed By Asprey, 166 Bond St., London, Dated 1943
Comprising large and small knife-blades, cartridge-extractor for 12- and 16-bore cartridges, tin-opener, turnscrew and corkscrew (tip missing), ivory grip-scales graduated respectively for '0' to '100' Grouse, '0' to '100' Various and '0' to '6' Hundreds, the latter between owner's name 'J. Plowright Jan. 16th. 1943' and 'Asprey' above 'Registration Applied For', and '0' to '100' 'Pheasants', '0' to '100' 'Partridges' and '0' to '6' Hundreds, nickel pegs stamped '2' to '8' (no.1 missing), steel pricker and tweezers, and white-metal suspension loop: in its leather travelling slip (2)
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Comprising large and small knife-blades, cartridge-extractor for 12- and 16-bore cartridges, tin-opener, turnscrew and corkscrew (tip missing), ivory grip-scales graduated respectively for '0' to '100' Grouse, '0' to '100' Various and '0' to '6' Hundreds, the latter between owner's name 'J. Plowright Jan. 16th. 1943' and 'Asprey' above 'Registration Applied For', and '0' to '100' 'Pheasants', '0' to '100' 'Partridges' and '0' to '6' Hundreds, nickel pegs stamped '2' to '8' (no.1 missing), steel pricker and tweezers, and white-metal suspension loop: in its leather travelling slip (2)
See another example sold in these Rooms, Modern Sporting guns, Rifles & Vintage Firearms, 30 July 2014, lot 5