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Northern Michigan, circa 1920s, satin finished 6.5 in. blade stamped W.SCAGEL / HANDMADE, hidden tang construction, brass guard, stack spacers of leather, aluminum, brass, red, with stag butt, leather sheath stamped ABERCROMBIE & FITCH CO. / NEW YORK.
Overall length 11.5 in.
From the Estate of the late Mr. & Mrs. Charles and Cynthia Salzhauer, Oxford, North Carolina Bill Scagel is perhaps the most influential knife makers of all time. For a brief period in the 1920s, he sold knives through Abercrombie and Fitch of New York.
Overall good condition, some tarnish both sides of guard.