General Sale - 1st September 2025

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A Pair of Compton & Sheffield and Other Horn-Handled Sleeveboard Pen Pocket Knives

Lot 62: A Pair of Compton & Sheffield and Other Horn-Handled Sleeveboard Pen Pocket Knives

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Start price: £20

Estimated price: £60 - £120

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A pair of vintage folding pocket knives, both featuring the ‘Sleeveboard Pen’ pattern with natural horn handles. The multi-bladed knife displays a variegated light and dark horn handle with silver-toned metal bolsters and a shield-shaped escutcheon, its larger blade tang clearly marked ‘COMPTON & SHEFFIELD’. The single-blade knife has a dark, subtly streaked horn handle with a silver-toned metal bolster and a metal end cap with an attached key ring.