Anyone still making a GERSON 02346 type of knife?

[rbruth]

My company used to supply two blade Fruit Sampler/Melon Tester/Citrus knives to our Produce employees.
I would like to reproduce as close a copy as possible to give as gifts to my partners.
The closest I found were single blade but not with the same styling as these knives.

Tang says GERSON 02346

[knifeaholic]

My company used to supply two blade Fruit Sampler/Melon Tester/Citrus knives to our Produce employees.
I would like to reproduce as close a copy as possible to give as gifts to my partners.
The closest I found were single blade but not with the same styling as these knives.

Tang says GERSON 02346

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Welcome to our forums!!

That style of knife, specifically that shape with two blades, one on each end, used to be produced in the USA by Schrade Cutlery. Sadly they are out of business.

The number of US manufacturers that make traditional style pocket knives has dropped to only five remaining companies, and none of them make any melon tester or fruit sample patterns.

You could look on Ebay to see if any Chinese manufacturers offer any.

I have always been interested in exactly how those knives are used by produce workers, if you can detail why they are popular and how they are used, it would be educational for us here.

[terryl308]

These long blade melon tester knives were used to cut a round hole in a melon and pull the "plug" out to see what the inside looked like. The plug would be about 1 inch diameter and would go to the center of the melon, slightly tapered so the inside would meet and could be pulled out. At least that what I used them for. Terry