Mystery knife - opinions?

[msteele6]

I've had this knife for a while, always looking for comparables in order to try to identify it but so far, no luck. It looks vaguely French to me but I have no real evidence for that.

Here is some other information that may aid identification. First, the knife has an extremely thick spring (3/16" +/-). Secondly, the fit between the blade and the liners is absolutely tight, the blade seems to fit against the liners almost air tight when closed. The liners themselves look very thick when the knife is closed, however, when the knife is opened you can see that the liners actually have a flange. There is a hole in the spring at the end whose purpose I can't determine, maybe it was used in the manufacturing process? The handle material is, I believe, a synthetic, however, I'm not really sure. Notice the oddly formed kick. The blade itself seems to be concave ground. Finally, the oddly pointed bolsters are hollow, I believe.

I'd like to get opinions (or better certain knowledge) on its origins:

Here are the pics (they enlarge nicely):

[jerryd6818]

Looks to be very well built. Custom?

[FRJ]

The knife is unique in every way from the bolster to the pins to the way the liners encroach on the beautiful blade, not to mention the kick which to me says old European.
How long is it?
Beautiful knife.

[msteele6]

The knife is 4 5/16" closed and 7 3/4" open. It would be a little shorter closed except for the pointed bolsters. The knife has one other unusual construction feature. When the knife is closed the tang and backspring are absolutely flush (there is a term for this type of construction that escapes me at the present). The knife has a very strong half stop and snap both ways.

[cato]

nice knife,

is the hole all the way through spring, or is it threaded,
i would say a tool knife for sure,

thinking also doubled as plum bob
maybe post on British blades

[tjmurphy]

Beautiful knife, I like it a lot

[Iron Hoarder]

Looks like a close cousin to the one I swapped with Dimitri. I put a thread and pictures on here somewhere if you want to search my posts. I'm afraid I don't have the time to look for it now.

[Iron Hoarder]

Didn't take as long as I thought.

http://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kni ... =2&t=38317

[msteele6]

Outstanding!

Do you have any idea when or where her father got it? It does seem to be made by the same man. I have to say I envy you (or I guess Dimitri) the shackle though.

Thanks

Mark

[galvanic1882]

That is one sweet looking knife!!

[junebug]

how cool...............AAPK ROCKS!!!............COOL ,COOL STUFF/TEAM-WORK FELLERS

[Mossdancer]

Wow!! What a great knife. Sort of has the looks of a Physician or Vets knife.
moss

[Capt. Farrel]

"French" was the first thought that came to me..... Looking good!

[Miller Bro's]

Mark, it's eight years later and I found another one.

This is the biggest one I have seen yet

[galvanic1882]

Nice DIMITRI, can we see more pictures? I own that knife now and always wondered about it??

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks Mike I thought you might appreciate it.

No need for more pictures no one else is interested in seeing them

[C-WADE7]

I would love to see more if you have them, both those knives are awesome. I was thinking of how the liners flange over and it seems like it would help to keep dirt and dust out. The stag on the second looks great. Was there a makers mark of stamp on it?

[1967redrider]

Post away, Dimitri.

[Miller Bro's]

I would love to see more if you have them, both those knives are awesome. I was thinking of how the liners flange over and it seems like it would help to keep dirt and dust out. The stag on the second looks great. Was there a makers mark of stamp on it?

Thanks, I really like the construction of these knives. Unfortunately there is no makers mark on any that I have ever seen. The stag on this and others I have seen is really nice stuff

[peanut740]

MB

[C-WADE7]

Thanks, I really like the construction of these knives. Unfortunately there is no makers mark on any that I have ever seen. The stag on this and others I have seen is really nice stuff

Is there a name for this style of knife, or particular country of origin? I guess I’m asking what do you call it?

[Miller Bro's]

Is there a name for this style of knife, or particular country of origin? I guess I’m asking what do you call it?

At 5" closed I would call it a folding hunting knife.

Unfortunately there is no documentation as to where these were originally made, but I am working on it