Gustav Knauth English Style New England Manufacture 14" Bullnose Roast Beef Carving Knife ~1920s

Marked Gustav Knauth 14" light weight carving knife with carbon steel blade and ebony handle. 

Made in the English style but likely made for his shop by either Lamson & Goodnow or J Russell in Massachusetts who made knives with this integral bolster design (after the Ideal pattern in France was developed in 1920s?) as well as an older rat tail tang with one piece wood handle and separate ferrule. 

This knife was hand forged after drop forged and hand ground, with a thin semi flexible blade. It had been poorly sharpened a bit, the edge had gotten a little wavy and thick in spots so it has been thinned behind the edge a little and re-surfaced here. This is a great knife for carving very large roasts, it would fall under the catagory of master carvers which were an old English style of knife designed to slice large roast beefs.

"Gustav Knauth was widely known as one of New York's old-time cutlers. He was born in 1845 in Germany, where he learned the cutler's trade. He came to the United States, and settle in New York." In 1900 he opened a factory in Spring Valley. Goins also writes, "His specialty was fine pocket cutlery, including combination knives. In connection with his store and factory, he did a large amount of cutlery repair work both for the public and the cutlery trade. Gustav Knauth passed away July 24, 1911." His son continued the business until 1941 when a fire destroyed the factory.