Melon / Sausage testors

[petesknives]

Here are some of mine.

[jmh58]

[Steve Warden]

I don't see anything, either.

[samb1955]

Nuttin here either.

[geocash]

If I posted mine, the result would be the same. No offense intended.

[petesknives]

Oops ,

[knife7knut]

Oops ,

Nice assemblage of melon testers.When I was growing up in the 1950's we used to call them "Saturday night specials". Always carried in the back pocket of your jeans.For some reason not many people collect them. I have about a dozen of them;most from back in the day. My favorite is the 3 blade German one.

[knife7knut]

Some more

[wazu013]

I have a few kicking around here.

[jerryd6818]

My first Great Eastern.

[FRJ]

Here's some.

[FRJ]

I found another.

[Mumbleypeg]

I have these.

Ken

[WillyCamaro]

Awesome "super slim trappers" guys...

Had to come up with more names...
Really they are all a beautiful bunch of knives...
Who said they weren't popular...
From what i can see here, very popular...

My favorite are jerry d's, outstanding GEC's...
Willy

[FRJ]

You've got three beauties there, Ken.

[WillyCamaro]

Oh and by the way,
Big happy Easter to you all!
Our Lord Jesus Christ is Risen over 2000 years ago.
Who died and rose again on the third day for the sins of the world!
Amen Brothers!
Willy

[TPK]

Hi everybody,

Those are some cool knives there. Haven't taken notice of them till now. Dumb question from a newbie..., were they really designed to test food with or is that just some kind of nickname they got ? Just curious.

TC + Happy Easter 2019,

TOM

[zoogirl]

Here’s my one and only. It was actually a POS package member, but it looks pretty good to me! It’s actually one of my oldest knives.

[Mumbleypeg]

Hi everybody,

Those are some cool knives there. Haven't taken notice of them till now. Dumb question from a newbie..., were they really designed to test food with or is that just some kind of nickname they got ? Just curious.

TC + Happy Easter 2019,

TOM

Nearly all knife patterns and blades were designed for a particular utilitarian purpose. Many times the nickname was derived from that purpose - sometimes stated in the manufacturer’s catalog, sometimes defined by collectors. These were in fact designed for “plugging” melons, cutting sausage or citrus fruit, etc.

The Kutmaster I posted was received with a shipment of seed from Willhite Seed Company, a major producer and seller of seed for watermelon and cantaloupe varieties.

Ken

[FRJ]

Here’s my one and only. It was actually a POS package member, but it looks pretty good to me! It’s actually one of my oldest knives.

Ann, that's a beauty there. Morley made great knives.
And you went the whole nine yards and used a German tape measure too.

[Quick Steel]

My one and only.

[zoogirl]

Here’s my one and only. It was actually a POS package member, but it looks pretty good to me! It’s actually one of my oldest knives.

Ann, that's a beauty there. Morley made great knives.
And you went the whole nine yards and used a German tape measure too.

This is my little ‘Billy’. It’s probably from the ‘50s, definately after WW2 as it’s West Germany. I’ve been using the same one in all the photos.

[FRJ]

Nice one, Ann, they are perfect for measuring things at flea markets.

I had to be reminded by Quick Steel that I had a 62 also.
And a 19.

[FRJ]

I dug up these three, J. A. Henckels.

[doglegg]

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Great knives here.
QS I had a Model 27 in 8 3/8 inch barrel. I loved it. Gone now.