Antique Hand-forged Flint Striker With Beautiful Curve and Curl wooden geese but I love these things

but I love these things

Signed with a monogram in the lower left hand corner

This feels as much like a Jesse Howard sign as a tin used for storing hardware to me

dating this one to the late 1840s) whose collection was not long ago acquired by another Maine dealer and friend

No way to loose track of one's spools or scissors with this guy around--though I think even if one hasn't sewed a stitch in one's life

Antique Hand-forged Flint Striker With Beautiful Curve and Curl wooden geese but I love these thingsThis struck me an especially lovely old forged iron flint striker, used for starting a fire. I am not certain exact age, but it certainly looks and feels quite old to me. Beautiful form, great surface, satisfying in the hand. I might be inclined to wear this as a pendant around my neck when wanting needing to feel powerful! 3 1 4" x 1 1 4". Surface wear and aging as evident, very much to the good I think.