I thought this was an interesting knife very similar to the IXL I posted earlier. It has jiggered bone scales and what looks like a pipe tamper at one end. The finish is not a scratch on the IXL and the rivets are sharp and not at all comfortable on the plam. Its about 3.5” closed with two blades of 3” & 2” . It is stamped “warranted forged steel” so I’m presuming it is not English but European maybe German.
gerry
IXL look alike ?
Re: IXL look alike ?
I don't know who made this knife. The pattern is a "physician's knife" or "doctor's knife". The end is a pill crusher not pipe tamper.
David
"Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" Meat Loaf
"Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife" Meat Loaf
Re: IXL look alike ?
I've been told that it was made in Solingen and possibly Boker but that's a maybe. I'm still interested in the age. There's no England or Germany so is it pre 1894?
Thanks for the "physician's knife" I didn't know that.
Gerry
Thanks for the "physician's knife" I didn't know that.
Gerry
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Re: IXL look alike ?
I started my accumulating road to ruin with Doctor's Knives. Got sidetracked but still like 'em. That one is a sweetie, even if the fit & finish are not perfect.
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The Few. The Proud.
Jerry D.
This country has become more about sub-groups than about it's unity as a nation.
"The #72 pattern has got to be pretty close to the perfect knife."
--T.J. Murphy 2012