All About Pocket Knives

FRJ wrote: ↑Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:56 pm Here's an oldie.
All the way from France, I assume.
3 7/8" closed. Springs from hell.
Not much information on this one.
Only marking is on that sheep foot main.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 3:01 pm Mouflom is an ancestral breed of wild sheep native to Cypress and the Caspian region of the near east, Iran, etc, from which many domestic varieties of sheep were derived.(Wikipedia). That is a cool knife.. J.O'.

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 3:14 pm Here's what I assume to be an Imperial "Magic Knife". I know it's not a one of a kind, but it is a bit of a mongrel. I have never seen another like this in the wild, but I'm sure there are more.Imperial magic knife 1.JPGimperial magic knife 2.JPG

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 3:01 pm Mouflom is an ancestral breed of wild sheep native to Cypress and the Caspian region of the near east, Iran, etc, from which many domestic varieties of sheep were derived.(Wikipedia). That is a cool knife.. J.O'.

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 3:16 pm

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 3:01 pm Mouflom is an ancestral breed of wild sheep native to Cypress and the Caspian region of the near east, Iran, etc, from which many domestic varieties of sheep were derived.(Wikipedia). That is a cool knife.. J.O'.

Some really interesting things popping up in this thread. What a great knife, Joe, and thanks for the education, J.O'.

woodwalker wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:34 pm

toomanyknives wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 3:14 pm Here's what I assume to be an Imperial "Magic Knife". I know it's not a one of a kind, but it is a bit of a mongrel. I have never seen another like this in the wild, but I'm sure there are more.Imperial magic knife 1.JPGimperial magic knife 2.JPG

Cool knife Kerry!

knife7knut wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:35 am Here are a few knives that you dont exactly see every day.
An old French knife with a marlin spike, pique work, and stamped BARNERIA with the image of a severed pigs head.
A SABRE SKELETON with see through handles.
A figural penny knife stamped with the image of a hatchet.
A CASE TESTED XX letter opener knife of unknown pattern advertising HANLEY FACE BRICK.
A SMITH & WESSON bowie with a custom stag handle.
An unmarked knife with hooked blade, pruner, saw, and combination cap lifter/can opener.

knife7knut wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 6:35 am Here are a few knives that you dont exactly see every day.
An old French knife with a marlin spike, pique work, and stamped BARNERIA with the image of a severed pigs head.
A SABRE SKELETON with see through handles.
A figural penny knife stamped with the image of a hatchet.
A CASE TESTED XX letter opener knife of unknown pattern advertising HANLEY FACE BRICK.
A SMITH & WESSON bowie with a custom stag handle.
An unmarked knife with hooked blade, pruner, saw, and combination cap lifter/can opener.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 4:50 pm Souvenir from Chile. One piece of solid bone. Anyone understand the inscription? RDO. De TEMUCO. J.O'.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2024 10:28 pm I'm posting this here because I can't figure out another place to put it. It's a PUMA fish knife that serves as a fish-knocker, scaler, cleaner, and scale.
It's the second one I've owned in 45+ years. To weigh a fish the knife is suspended from a ring in the tang and the fish is tied to a notch in the scaler/spine of the blade until the knife hangs level. The weight is then read from the etchings on the blade, from 10 oz. to 12 lbs.! It's an unwieldy operation, not a tribute to German engineering. It's heavy, hard to store, display, and carry, and 10 inches long, open. Both of the ones I've had were like new, probably for the reasons above. I've never seen a sheath if there is one. But, it is a conversation piece and probably worth some good money to a PUMA collector. J.O'.