FROM MADEIRA WITH LOVE...!

 
Found in an estate liquidation on Madeira Island Portugal, from a mid 19th Century Portuguese homestead.

Vintage Pocket Knife from Portugal, made by the Martins Palaçoulo Factory.

A wooden handle contains a blade as well as a 1/2 size three tine fork, a classic take on a HOBO Knife.

The handle is stamped PORTUGAL which leads me to believe it was intended as a momento for a visitor to Madeira Island.

Open, it measures 7 3/4 Inches long.

This had been used and is showing some wear commensurate with age and use.  I would date this mid 1900s or earlier.  The blade is a tad loose and there is a small rust spot on the blade in the area of the logo.

I have inserted a standard size playing card in one photo as a reference for size.

 

 

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