Knives from post mortem set
1820-1860
Improvised knife made by a patient
1870-1948
Bronze knife used in mummification, Egypt, 600-200 BCE
600-200 BCE
Flint knife, Egypt, 1000-401 BCE
1000-401 BCE
Inuit surgical knife
1915-1938
Spring operated 'Nelson' knife, New York, United States, 1845-1855
1845-1855
Copper knife, Egypt, 600-200 BCE
600-200 BCE
Miniature knife, by Michael Faraday, 1819-1824
1819-1824
Inuit stone knife
1900-1925
Knife, iron, Roman
199-500
Bronze knife, Egypt, 600-200 BCE
600-200 BCE
Wellington knife polish
1900-1930
Knife with ivoride handle
1857-1867
Copy of ancient phlebotomy knife
1850-1930
Three flint knives and part of a trepanned skull, 10000-5000 BC.
10000-500 BCE
Paper knife with manganese steel blade and horn handle
Knife with ivoride handle
1857-1867
Box of 3 knives, by R. Jung, Heidelberg
Small knife with steel blade
1871-1920
Surgical knife with decorated blade
1701-1925
Knife, steel, with wooden handle
1880-1920
Bronze knife, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Obsidian knife (Mexican)
Victorinox 'Swiss Army' knife with original packaging
Interchangeable interlocking blade with cover from the Electric carving knife (model A1012)
1990-1996
Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle
1862
Knife with cellulose nitrate (Parkesine) handle
1862
Knife with sheath, West Africa, 1870-1910
1870-1910
Early stainless-steel tea-knife
1914-1915
Knife with long steel blade decorated with incised curvilinear pattern
1880-1920
Knife, steel, possibly African
Blood-letting knife
Iron knife with cylindrical wooden handle
1851-1900
Flint knife blade
1000-400 BCE
Knife, iron, with wooden handle
1850-1930
Sharp knife
1900-1914
Flint knife blade
10,000-2,000 BCE
Knife with celluloid imitation wood grain handle
1900-1920
Pocket-knife (length 4 ins)
Knife(?) or spatula(?) with loop end, bronze
199 BCE-500 CE
Knife or spatula combined with probe
1850-1930
Green bronze knife handle with part of iron blade
199 BCE-500 CE
Spatulate bronze knife handle with broken iron blade
199 BCE-500 CE
Knife, steel, brass and wood, Nigerian
Knife, stone and bone, North American
Knife, spatulate bronze handle only
199 BCE-500 CE
Opium knife
1801-1900
Knife with celluloid imitation wood grain handle
1900-1920
Steel bladed knife with wooden handle
1880-1910
Knife, iron, with iron loop handle
1801-1930