Commercial Copy of British Military Clasp Knife.

TomcatPC · Post by **TomcatPC** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:00 am

Hello

This is my commercialy made copy of a British Army Clasp Knife, this is my everyday carry knife. What I would like to find out is:

Who actually makes this knife? Other than "Made in Sheffield England" there is no indication of who actually makes the knife.

The other thing I would like to know is:

Is this indeed a copy of the actuall current issue British Army (and all other Branches) Knife?

Thank You.
Mark

Paladin · Post by **Paladin** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:21 pm

I had a similar knife by Warriss and I am not completely sure about the spelling on that one.
Could that be the maker? Beats me.

smiling-knife · Post by **smiling-knife** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 6:06 pm

I think the knives are made in Sheffield by the Egginton Group. This company now owns the rights to Rodgers, Wostenholm and others.

s-k

http://www.eggintongroup.co.uk/rogers1.htm

TomcatPC · Post by **TomcatPC** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 3:35 am

Thank you for the link. There is an exact (other than markings) match on the "Military Knives" section of Joseph Rodgers. I had a gut reaction that the knife was made by Joseph Rodgers, just was not sure. One of my friends has a 1945 dated clasp knife, the all stainless version without the marlin spike, and it is made by Joseph Rodgers as well.
Thank you.
Mark

Don Luis · Post by **Don Luis** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:17 am

These are mine, the top one is a Joseph Rodgers, like a "British Army Knife" with serrated blade, the other side is stamped "Monte Cristo" (just like the Ibberson second from top), both of these are made by the Egginton group as mentioned by s-k, note the large pin heads on them.

Third knife from top is a Captain Currey also from Sheffield, It's the one that I use most despite having very strong springs, the skeletonized shackler type spike makes it flat and easy to carry.

The one in the bottom is a Chinese cheapo, with shackle key instead of can opener, fit and finish is OK, steel is much to soft, doesn't hold an edge at all.

I left the picture on the large side to keep the stampings easy to see, click on it to enlarge (1800 X 1800 pixels, 394 KB).

Luis

zorrothegreyblade · Post by **zorrothegreyblade** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:32 pm

I think the current pattern issued to british forces is designated as "standard NATO issue" and is pretty common all over europe. The world keeps getting smaller!

zorrothegreyblade · Post by **zorrothegreyblade** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:45 pm

Paladin wrote:I had a similar knife by Warriss and I am not completely sure about the spelling on that one.
Could that be the maker? Beats me.

There is a WARRIS mentioned in Flooks British military knives, thought I had a Warris knife but can't put my hands on it, they were manufacturing during WW2, may have carried on after the war or another company could have bought the rights to the name.