What do you think on this small knife

Hello again everyone I got this little knife a couple weeks ago and I was surprised when I opened the knife it had a Inscription on the blade that says Horace golden illusionist so my thought is that it must have belong to him at one time ..so I came here to see what all of you think do you Believe it once belonged to him or some kind of souvenir that you could get I wasn’t able to find anything like it and the inscription looks hand done. Tell me what you think. The knife also has a tricky Way to open it took me some time to figure it out. Thanks Matt.

 

I believe it says Horace Goldin, Illusionist.

Debora

 

This Horace Goldin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Goldin

Debora

 

Does this have 2 different maker's names on it or is that an illusion? Does moving the little button toward you release the blade?

 

I would think it was a souvenir, as this was.

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/en-gb/item/23252324_horace-goldin-sawing-a-woman-in-half-souvenir

Debora

 

Someone once sawed me in half in a bank lobby.

 

Whoa doggies!!! Were you sliced horizontally or vertically?

Did he give you your severed toes for a lovely (or at least interesting) necklace and/or bracelet(s)?

 

With a power saw, no box, across the middle.

 

The Horace Goldin, Illusionist on the blade was acid etched,probably a number of them made.

 

He was also a salesman early on, and also became the Illusionist, so he probably made a bunch of them..... just an aside....the 'heel' of that knife kind of looks like a bottle opener.....but not knowing if that would be 'age appropriate' either......OR if that's even what it IS!!!! OR maybe it's just part of the 'trick' to opening the knife!!

 

It has some sort of a roller inside so when you hold down the blade and turn it a certain way the roller moves and unlocks it and when you want to close it you hold the blade down and turn it the other way and the roller moves back in place and locks it. Thanks everyone for the replies.

 

I figured a souvenir as well but since I couldn’t find any other ones I thought maybe it was his personal knife ...