Bontgen & Sabin

[Another Knife Collector]

1 Marked "Patent 229706", OD green pain left on handles, simple construction, measures only about 2.5 in. Seems like a military knife, but I can't imagine what it would have been used for. Does anybody have any info on this?

2 Below is a picture of a knife marked Bontgen & Sabin Patent, the same people the above patent was issued to. Missing handles (eventually I hope to get it repaired), but it seems to have been a well made knife. Any info on this one would be appreciated as well.

Update, after researching for a month I was looking through ebay just after I posted this and sure enough I found a very similar knife by the same company. Check ou the price!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-Antique-c189 ... dZViewItem

[orvet]

Very interesting.
I think your knife is of much more recent manufacture than the BONTGEN & SABIN shown on ebay. The reason I say that is that the hinge on the ebay knife, appears to be similar to ones I have seen on certain of the older antique folding rulers. I used to have a folding ruler with joints similar to the ones on the ebay knife.
The knife you posted the pics of seems to have a newer pivot type joint.
Based on the type of joints/pivots used, I would think yours was much newer. It is interesting to see the progression of changes in the manufacturing & design processes. It is not often one has an opportunity to see those things. This makes it much more interesting to me than either artifact by it’s self.

Nice find,
Dale