All About Pocket Knives

Miller Bro`s wrote:I wish I could read it

27. July 2011 Barrel Knives with feathers in the back on a knife hits a couple of years ago asked Morten Danielsen if I had seen a barrel knife with a spring in the back. I had not, and he could take it out of pocket with a broad smile, knowing that I would like to have it. We studied the up and down. It looked like the usual from Eskilstuna, but then this spring. It was unsigned, so it was hard to say who had made ​​it. At first glance it is that any barrel knives from Eskilstuna. All right preserved, with well below average birch. The only thing that betrays that there is something special about it, is the small dark square in the brass rail at the lock. Viewed from this side it is certainly clear that this is anything other than we're used to: It has a spring in the back. It is mechanism is quite clear: The lock spring is put in a stop that keeps the blade in place when you squeeze the latch and take the knife out of the barrel, until you run out and leave the beach open knife. This does not work for it in the photo, here when the blade is not up to the stop. The blade is either replaced or nedkortet. We talked of course about who could have made ​​it, if there was one outside the regular manufacturers who wanted to try on something smart, or whether this was a prototype of one of the major manufacturers. And so on, you know the kind of discussions that knife most people ever give up on. And so the case was lying, as they often do. Not long ago I received an email from the Swedish knife collector Ulf Ahlström who live in the U.S., asking if I had seen a barrel knife with spring, and if I knew anything about it. I sent him some pictures, and he sent me some patents, and here's the story so far. CG Paffrath, Solingen Surprisingly, the patent from 1883 is not from Eskilstuna, but from Germany: The patent is an improvement of "where sogenannte Schwedenmesser", ie "The so-called Swedish knife." The name "Swedish knife" was apparently incorporated in Germany already in 1883. It says that this patent should not have the familiar, twisting the opening of the barrel knife. While the knife in the regular version to be taken out of the barrel, and then opened before it can be put back in, comes this new out of the barrel fully opened. To take the knife out of the barrel, just press the shutter release as normal. Then comes a stop inside out and keeps the blade in place while taking out the knife. When the shutter release, pops the blade up and can be put back into the unfolded position. As said, the magazine is possibly changed. What is there now is a completely standard barrel blade. The image in the patent description is another slipefas. It does not mean anything, but it may well be that any original leaf looked like. With signature? This stop may well easily be problems with the blade tip when the blade was ground slightly. As with many patents with additional features: The knives are more expensive to produce, and it is not certain that the new features are appreciated. It is certainly clear that this was not a success, so rare that these blades seem to be. The knife is hardly later than 1883. Firm CG Paffrath I do not know anything about. A. Halling, Eskilstuna Right after I had received a patent images, there were sure is a copy on eBay! Amazing coincidence. We had then followed with eBay for years without seeing one, and just now got it. Such incredible coincidence comes so often that we probably should stop watching those incredible. A collector friend of mine bought it and sent me pictures: Apparently a regular barrel knife, but the small square at the lock reveals what this is and when you have the knife in hand, we see the that it has feathers in the back. The magazine has not the same shape as in the patent description, and it is not that the barrel knives in general. It really is surprising is leaf plunger, which rhymes very well with the information above. It says: A. HALLING Eskilstuna When there are many thoughts that may, for example, that it was Halling who produced knives for Paffrath, and that they also made ​​some for themselves. Or something else. But then the question is with Halling stamp. The continuous bolt on the blade does not look entirely convincing. It is hardly original. And then it just possible that the first leaf was destroyed and another was taken from Halling-knife. Or, the magazine is an original, but that it was necessary to put the new bolt when the original came loose. Or. . . In any case, a very funny knife in a barrel knife collection. Franz Frenzel, Solingen little earlier the same year as CG Paffrath was another Solingen also patented the barrel knife with spring: Franz Frenzel. He focused instead on the coil spring. Ulf Ahlström sent me a copy of his patent also: While Paffraths knife is a standard barrel knife that has been equipped with feathers, is this one a bit on the side of what we think of the term barrel knife. Here is a magazine that can be retracted into the barrel and locked, and with a spring that sends it out when you eject mechanism. I have not seen any like that knife, but Franz Frenzel NOK created a series of them. Frenzel studied NOK Swedish barrel knives to see if there was something there for him. On eBay, there was even a Frenzel folding knife with a blade less barrel shaped, similar to the Hallström-knife Arne Marmar shows the bottom right of page 27 in the book Knivar från Eskilstuna . I did not bid on it. Later the company moved from Solingen for Nixdorf in Bohemia, where they made ​​weapons during the Second World War. They had this stamp: FRANZ Frenzel Nixdorf .

CCBill wrote:Well, here's my meager entry for this forum. It's so small I really couldn't get good pictures of it. I'm LOUSY with a camera.
It is stamped, "Joh. Engstrom/ Sweden" on the brass liner. I assume that since it has the country of origin on it that it was made between 1891 and 1918. As you can see by the tape measure, the barrel is 1 inch long. The blade still shows about 99% of the factory shine. I just threw in the other 2 small ones for comparison sake. Any additional info will be greatly appreciated. I'm thinking about putting this one up for sale but I haven't decided, yet.
...CCBill...

Miller Bro's wrote:I think this one was made in India

FRJ wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:49 pm I bought my first barrel knife at a flea market today. I paid $50 for it.
It's four inches from the catch to the pivot and the actual handle is 3 5/16".
It's missing the lanyard ring and has a unreadable stamp in the blade.
It's a solid piece of kit and I'm pretty happy with it.
Nice information about these knives in this thread.
ebay sellers are quite proud of the few they are selling there.

Thanks for looking,

FRJ wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 6:49 pm I bought my first barrel knife at a flea market today. I paid $50 for it.
ebay sellers are quite proud of the few they are selling there.

Nephilim wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:30 pm I thought I'd share a couple of my barrel knives in this thread.

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