Auction artefact #13: Mystery pen-knife hanky

In one of two lawn bowls bags (both with bowls inscribed CSB) that Mick bought at the auction was a hanky tied up, containing something which rattled in a mysteriously metallic fashion.

When we opened it, we found eleven pen-knives:

I arranged them in order of size, not interest.

In terms of a favourite, it's a close contest between the King George V 1935 Jubilee souvenir listed with all the Kings and Queens of England, and the little pearl-handled number with the teeny-weeny (albeit dangerously rusted) scissors:

Why this handkerchief lucky-dip prize was in the bag, we have no idea. 

Is there some sort of connection between lawn bowls and pen-knives?

Was the original owner a gentleman by day, hooligan by night?

I love that we'll never know.