Victorian English Horn Handled Toast Fork & Bread Knife

Victorian English Horn Handled Toast Fork & Bread KnifeIn English houses before electric toasters, bread was held over the fire on a long fork like this one. Once toasted, it was sliced with a proper Sheffield steel knife and Sheffield steel was the standard. If it came from Sheffield, you knew it would hold its edge. The horn handles are beautifully aged each one slightly different, because horn always is and the silver plated fittings finish it cleanly without fuss. The fact that it still has its