Curious Old Brass Wood Splitting Man Folk Art Match Holder (?) letter knife Interestingly

Interestingly

This couple seem very empathetic indeed

so I scoop them up whenever I find them--and part of the beauty of these is that the more one has

and actually a fruit--in order to make chewing betel

what an amazing set they would have made

Curious Old Brass Wood Splitting Man Folk Art Match Holder (?) letter knife InterestinglyIt was suggested to me when I purchased this that it was a piece of trench art, and I think that it likely, with the canister made from a shell casing and the little chopping man cut from from some scrap. In any case, it's certainly it's own special folk art thing, and I really love this smiling but very focused looking fellow very intent on the task at hand, which looks to me to be splitting a piece of wood. Incised on both sides, and serving as a