Unmarked J Russell 'California Carver' Copy 9" Offset Carving Knife Carbon Steel Nickel Stag 1870s 1920s Utensil Eat Deep ground ura hollow grind BARG BIN 20 Deep ground ura hollow grind on the inside makes for excellent food release and helps to keep a narrow urasaki throughout the life of the blade and a polished spine and heel are a nice touch creating a sauce and protein in your next decadent rice dish Imitations of the iconic offset carving knife with a hump on the spine and carving fork and sharpening steels with antennae like guards cropped up from makers as far away as Sheffield and Germany in the later 19th century as the copiers were copied themselves Exports of San Francisco made knives to the East coast and Europe impressed with their unique design and high quality and manufacturers there were quick to copy the 'California Carver' style