Butterfly knife

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doormann
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Butterfly knife

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I recently purchased this cute little butterfly knife stamped BONTGEN & Sabin. I believe it was made in Germany.
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Re: Butterfly knife

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Cool little knife and those are fun to learn tricks with. Be careful with those pearl handles though, one drop and they could crack. There's a ton of videos on YouTube showing how to do different butterfly knife tricks. I bought a cheap Bear & Son trainer to practice with. No edge on it so I don't have to worry about cutting myself.
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Re: Butterfly knife

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I don't plan on flipping it...
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Re: Butterfly knife

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Beautiful piece. Antique butterfly knives are really facinating. The earliest ones I have are a couple Waltcos from the late 1940s - early 1950s. I did a little research on the Böntgen and Sabin company, better known as Bonsa. They patented a channel-handle construction butterfly knife design in 1880 in Germany, Britain and the USA. Here is a blog post on the topic: http://thebladeblog-ulf.blogspot.com/20 ... y.html?m=1

It seems they were making these from at least 1880s until the 1920s. Looking at some old auction listings, these had a variety of handle materials including solid metal, stag and ivory.
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