M E Peck 8.5" Carving Knife "Goffed" Forged Carbon Steel Stag (Sheffield ?) 1870s-1910?

Late 19th C to early 20th C carving knife marked only M E Peck Warranted (without Sheffield), a maker that we cannot find any information on, it is most certainly of Sheffield manufacture, possibly M E Peck was a retailer and not a manufacturer.

The blade is very full; it has some shallow pits from past rust, but is free from active rust. Stag handle is nice and secure but does have a small hairline and is missing its two pinned (very English style) buttcap. A great example of the English carving knife blade shape that would be used for far more than carving roasts and meats; it would have been used as a multipurpose knife back in its day, doing everything that a chef knife is tasked with today.

This knife, made in Sheffield, is done with a "goffed" or American-style mass-forged blade done on a helve hammer with mold, it is not shear steel with a puddle welded iron bolster and tang.