Wheatly Brothers Bread Knife Carved Handle Carbon Steel Sheffield England ~1890-1920

Antique Sheffield bread knife with 6.25" carbon steel blade and carved wheat handle made anywhere from the mid 19th to early 20th century. 

This knife had been sharpened in and lost the proper shape of the edge, it has been re-ground and thinned here at Bernal 

The hand forged blade has a 'puddle weld' where the iron tang was forge welded to the steel blade, this was a common Sheffield practice to save steel and make working the tang easier, especially on shear steel which was made in smaller amounts than bessemer steel.