I have a pinned knife from crazy crow and close to same knife from Townsend
Blade shape is incorrect on both, but I’m not enough of a knife guy to see the difference easily
Knifes back in the day had boxwood handles, a man might replace it, but except for a few fancy fighting knifes, knifes were plain tools, comparable to mallets.
So the handle on both these guys is also incorrect
The tangs in early knifes tended to be half tang.
So these two guys are correct except for the blade,handle and tang
Most knifes tended to be simple and about this length. And for me they are ‘close enough’
That’s not everyone’s standard
Now I’m not knocking Townsend, who is one of the best, and personally I think Jon is a star of the living history world. Back when they were a candle lantern company they were trying to offer as close as economical HC stuff ‘over the counter’
That said I can’t tell a dimes worth of difference between these two knifes. One home made and one from India
The Indians smooth blade is in fact more correct than Townsend hammered look.
Both got wicked sharp and hold an edge.