The Hanebergs Antiques - Antique Scrimshaw Knife Eraser

Antique Scrimshaw Knife Eraser,
the steel tip signed with the makers mark,
E. Farber with star and cresant moon.
The knife eraser was used to scrape,
or erase,mistakes from written pages.
See "A Treasury of American Scrimshaw",
by Michael McManus pg. 34 for a similar example.
first pattented 1859.