Couteau de Marseille ancien a identifier
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Chrirand
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Couteau de Marseille ancien a identifier
Je cherche a identifier ce couteau de mon arrierr grand pere. Il a un manche en corne et marqué MARSEILLE. Merci à vous pour toute information ou idée d'identification.
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Re: Couteau de Marseille ancien a identifier
I’m not sure who in our membership speaks French but someone will respond. I believe you are asking “I'm trying to identify this knife that belonged to my great-grandfather. It has a horn handle and is marked MARSEILLE. Thank you for any information or identification suggestions”. My high school French studies are iover 50 years ago but welcome to AAPK.
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Bienvenue chez AAPK. Espérons que quelqu’un connaîtra la résponse à votre question.. Je suis désolé, mais je ne sais pas.
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Welcome to AAPK. I hope someone here can give you information about your knife. I'm sorry, but I don't know.Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 27, 2026 11:56 pm Bienvenue chez AAPK. J’espère que quelqu’un ici pourra vous donner des informations sur votre couteau. Je suis désolé, mais je ne sais pas.
Am I close Ken?
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Re: Couteau de Marseille ancien a identifier
Right on! My German is better than my French but I try. Like you, it’s been a looong time since I studied it but I spent more time in Germany afterward. My biggest problem is translation from speech - my brain is too slow to keep up!bestgear wrote: ↑Wed Jan 28, 2026 12:02 amWelcome to AAPK. I hope someone here can give you information about your knife. I'm sorry, but I don't know.. Am I close Ken?Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 27, 2026 11:56 pm Bienvenue chez AAPK. J’espère que quelqu’un ici pourra vous donner des informations sur votre couteau. Je suis désolé, mais je ne sais pas.![]()
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Re: Couteau de Marseille ancien a identifier
Poster votre question dans ce sujet pourrait aider-
https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... y#p1223203
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Re: Couteau de Marseille ancien a identifier
It looks like a Corsican design. I have seen many of these marked "Vendetta Corsica".
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Chrirand
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Re: Couteau de Marseille ancien a identifier
Ok merci je vais chercher de ce coté 
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Re: Couteau de Marseille ancien a identifier
You guys are funny. Nice translations as well.
The OP looks ancient. Hard to date these. They only made them for 150 years. They were never made as automatic versions until the 1960s. And most were actually contract the builders in Maniago. Only 1 model known was made in France in a few sizes. The Italian models were typical high quality from the 1960s while the French one again used black plastics and the quality doesn’t compare to better Italian models.
The OP looks ancient. Hard to date these. They only made them for 150 years. They were never made as automatic versions until the 1960s. And most were actually contract the builders in Maniago. Only 1 model known was made in France in a few sizes. The Italian models were typical high quality from the 1960s while the French one again used black plastics and the quality doesn’t compare to better Italian models.