Universal LF&C 12" Bullnose Scimitar Hand Forged Double Shear Steel 1912-30s

LF&C 12" bullnose scimitar (curved edge and spine vs straight) with double shear carbon steel blade and a beechwood handle held fast with six brass pins. 

LF&C was a cutlery and kitchen ware behemoth in New Britain Ct. at one point being the worlds largest knife maker. Their Universal brand encompassed all sorts of kitchen related items and a wide range of quality levels of knives. 

This is exceptional being made with double shear steel, one of Sheffield's best steels that was made up until the 1950s but really fell off at WW2. Double shear steel consists of very low contaminate Swedish wrought iron bars that are encased in ceramic boxes with charcoal and heated to red hot for days on end. The resulting carbon enriched iron is now steel and will shear rather than bend if struck. This resulting shear steel undergos the process twice adding significantly more carbon and producing a very clean steel. 

This knife has been sharpened in very little and the handle is nice and snug 

12" blade 17.5" overall 10.2 oz