The rounded blade of a saddler and harness maker's steel round leather knife made by Richard Timmins & Sons, Birmingham. The blade is missing the shaft and handle. The knife was possibly intended for trading with Inuit as it is a similar shape to an ulu (semi-circular bladed knife) used by Inuit women for a range of activities like skinning and cleaning animal carcasses, and cutting foods.

The knife is one of four obtained by the Franklin Search Expedition,1864-9, led by Captain Charles F. Hall, while he was in Pelly Bay [Kugaaruk], Boothia Peninsula. All four were obtained from various sites in the Arctic: two originated on King William Island, one came from Pelly Bay, and one was associated with Edward Parry's winter camp during 1822-3 at Iglulik. They were presented to the Royal Naval Museum by Sophia Cracroft, Sir John Franklin's niece. This knife has '11' painted on it, indicating that it was displayed in the Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich, possibly Case 2, No. 11. Knife obtained from the Esquimaux on the east shore of King William Island', although the draft Royal Naval Museum catalogue for this entry states it was found by McClintock's expedition in 1859. However, his account does not list the object in the appendix or the text. The draft catalogue for Case 4, No.s 12, 13, and 15 are all described as ulu collected by Charles Hall and presented by Sophia Cracroft. They are amalgamated into Case 4, No. 3 'Oo-loo or women's knives' in the final published version. It is illustrated in 'Harper's Weekly', 23 October 1869 (bottom middle).

A pattern book for R. Timmins & Son, Birmingham, published 1845-50, shows a knife with a similar blade set in a turned wooden handle among illustrations of 'Sadlers and Harness Tools', reference number 301A. These knives, in various sizes were priced at 18 shillings, twenty-one shillings and twenty-four shillings per dozen.