Old Ferriers knife and Sam Houston's pistols

[Pacu]

Today i went to the San Jacinto Monument down here in Houston. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jacinto_Monument
They had a bunch of historical artifacts from the Texas Independance war time era  (1836ish)




The sign by it said this was used to clean horse hooves prob by a ferrier ..something of a horse blacksmith back in the day.




These were Sam Houston's personal firearms. Sam Houston to Texans is like George Washington to America  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Houston

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Looks like my kind of place

[J-sews]

You can tell that knife is old - the corkscrew is a helix instead of a worm. 

[Masterherdsman]

Rather than a ferriers knife I would say its a riders knife. When riding a horse from time to time the rider will need to clean the hooves of their horse or remove a stone from the shoe. newer types can be found in equestrian mags.

[Mike 56]

I want that 51 Colt