Antique Sheffield Folding Knife James Barber Textured Horn WW1

Description

Antique military jack knife dating to  WW1
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Sleeve board shaped unit fitted with textured horn scales
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ERA JAMES BARBER stamped on blade.
Measures 4.134" closed and  around 7" fully opened
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Easy open slot for the old style tin-opener .
Poor snap in the main blade but tin opener has a very good snap. Wear on the handle, light pitting and scratches on the blade and tin-opener., as shown  in pictures.
Very well made knife.
About James Barber  from the www...
The company was started by Isaac Barber in the 1820s. In 1845 Isaac & James Barber were listed as making knives. Isaac died in 1854 and James died at the tender age of 40 in 1859. The trademark 'ERA' featured prominently over James Barbers name in the 1850s, and they had began making razors by then. The firm carried on under the directorship of Harriet Barber (widow of James) until the 1870s, then under Mary Ann Barber until her death in 1897. Then another James Barber took over as senior partner. In the 1900s they had the Era Works in Sheffield but in 1928 the trademark was taken over by Joseph Elliot. It was still listed as a part of Elliots in the 1970s.