Folding Ensign Carbine Tropicale n°12
Houghton-Butcher
Metal body, brown Russian leather bellows
Model number 12 Ensign – “tropical” carbine with brown bellows and varnished wood and brass body.
"No. 12 ENSIGN CARBINE" plaque
On the back: “Made in England by THE HOUGHTON BUTCHER MFG.CO.LTD London”.
On the toilet seat: "ENSIGN CARBINE TROPICAL MODEL"
On the kickstand and on the strap: "Carbine".Device constructed of bright bronze varnished metal, "Florentine" type.
Houghton produced some very fine tropical folding knives, all characterized by an "oxidized copper" coating (Florentine bronze according to McKeown, therefore a brass with 85% copper and 15% zinc) and a Havana leather bellows.
Folding Ensign Carbine Tropical n°12 c.1930
Folding Ensign Carbine Tropicale n°12
Houghton-Butcher
Metal body, brown Russian leather bellows
Model number 12 Ensign – “tropical” carbine with brown bellows and varnished wood and brass body.
"No. 12 ENSIGN CARBINE" plaque
On the back: “Made in England by THE HOUGHTON BUTCHER MFG.CO.LTD London”.
On the toilet seat: "ENSIGN CARBINE TROPICAL MODEL"
On the kickstand and on the strap: "Carbine".
Device constructed of bright bronze varnished metal, "Florentine" type.
Houghton produced some very fine tropical folding knives, all characterized by an "oxidized copper" coating (Florentine bronze according to McKeown, therefore a brass with 85% copper and 15% zinc) and a Havana leather bellows.
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