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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lark, post: 4319038, member: 13605&quot;]We have had a number of paper knives recently. Here in the mid west almost all of those would simply be called letter openers at any auction. I am thinking that most here in the mid west truly are letter openers because the Mid west really was not settled until&nbsp; early more like mid 1800&#039;s when my Great great grandmother came here. Few people had books and there were not as many publishers as on the coasts . By the time the books made it to the mid west they probably were already cut. I have found a few uncut books at sales and my fair share of books that have obviously been cut but nothing like we found when living over seas nd traveling through Europe. I will look at letter openers a little more carefully. I have had many page turners but some of those turned out to be pill pushers for counting out pills.</p><p>&quot; Letter openers &quot;evolved&quot; from paper knives into longer, blunter blades for the sole purpose of opening envelopes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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