DAMM COLLECTION. ALL: CONDITION: good, well used. 1. "The first knife has a nine inch blade and an overall length of fourteen inches. The blade is worn from sharpening and was acquired from the Blood tribe of the Blackfoot Indians. The handle is marked HBC and the marks on the blade are triangular, suggesting a date from 1908-1920." 2. "The second knife has marks arranged in a cartouche but no reference to the country of manufacture. This suggests a manufacturing date between 1849 and 1891, the date the McKinley Act required imports to identify where they were made. This knife is seventeen and 1/2 inches long with a nearly twelve inch blade. 3. "The third knife has 8.5" blade. 12.5" overall and John Wilson trademark Circa 1900. The third knife has a rose wood handle and marks that include the trademark and I. Wilson on one line, Sycamore Street on a second and Sheffield England on a third; circa 1920." PROVENANCE: Lifelong Collection of author Milton Von Damm. (02-22239-3/JS). ALL: $200-300.