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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 163980, member: 59&quot;]Welcome!</p><p><br /></p><p>To answer your questions in order.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Yes the different marks on the different parts indicate different materials.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The actual handle is the yellow-goldish part, which is not metal of any kind, but rather some form of plastic. The part that has the sterling marks on it is the ferrule, which Terry has mentioned above. The crown is for Sheffield, the lion passant for sterling and the f for the year (probably 1898.) I did a quick search of FW (the maker) in Sheffield, but need to check another source. Those marks only apply to the ferrule and not necessarily to the other parts. (See below.)</p><p><br /></p><p>3. NS in EPNS does stand for nickel silver (which I hope you realize contains no silver at all.) The image in the middle doesn&#039;t really tell me anything offhand. But I suspect that the blade was made by someone other than the FW who made the ferrule - and frankly doesn&#039;t even look like it matches the handle. See how much wider the connecting end of blade is in comparison to the width of the opening in the ferrule?</p><p><br /></p><p>Another thing I&#039;m wondering about is the sawtooth edge to the blade. A &quot;paper knife&quot; as I think of it, would not have such a cutting edge since it would fray the paper. It also (in the last picture) appears to be on the top of the blade which confuses me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can you post a picture of the whole knife?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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