William Bocking "True" Ebor Works Table Knife Set Double Shear Steel Turned Horn Sheffield 1885-~1910 Needs Specs 11” Scottish spurtleMade from Pennsylvania Wood type:Tochi

William Bocking "True" Ebor Works Table Knife Set Double Shear Steel Turned Horn Sheffield 1885 ~1910 Needs Specs 11” Scottish spurtleMade from Pennsylvania Wood type:Tochi 11” Scottish spurtleMade from Pennsylvania Black CherryUsed for stirring porridge and oatmealMade in Lancaster rustic rye adds unexpected chewiness to a bagel this would have most likely been in use in a household with a relatively small amount of cutlery large numbers of these were heated for days on end at high temperatures and the resulting bars were broken up (it would break or shear rather than bend once carbon added hence 'shear' steel) and forged welded into a larger mass