Bidspirit auction | Vintage Sheffield Steel Cheese Trier

Vintage Sheffield Steel Cheese Trier with Horn Handle and Leather Sheath - A vintage cheese trier, also known as a cheese sampler, of traditional Sheffield manufacture. This tool is designed for extracting core samples from wheels of cheese for inspection and grading. It features a polished steel, trough-shaped blade that tapers to a pointed tip. The blade is mounted to a T-bar handle constructed with a central section of polished light-coloured natural horn showing characteristic grain, finished with dark-coloured horn or composition end caps. The item is provided with a custom-fit brown leather sheath, which includes a stitched retaining strap and a belt loop on the reverse. The tang of the tool is stamped on one side with the curved text MADE IN over SHEFFIELD and ENGLAND. The reverse side of the tang is stamped with the numeral 2 and an oval mark containing the characters S & Cº with an indistinct emblem above. Overall length: 8 inches Blade length: 5.5 inches.