your "C. E. Schmachtenberg, turned horn handle dagger with etched hunting scenes" is really nice looking piece... At 17" thats a big boy....

The 'Ham knife' reminds of some of the knives I saw from older cooks that they've picked up along their career. They were all good quality mainly from Germany but also Finland, England etc. but all had the same look as the one you show..

Ham knife looks about the size of a butter knife but probably bigger[?].