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Ultra small mini fixed blade knife. Any info?
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 11:57 am
by TripleF
I picked this little rascal up at an estate sale yesterday.....wondering if anyone knows anything about 'er?
The only marking is on the blade.
Re: Ultra small mini fixed blade knife. Any info?
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 1:46 pm
by 0078
Looks sweeden or French any writing on the cross bar? Pradel, tuna, I don't think opinel made a fixed blade?
Re: Ultra small mini fixed blade knife. Any info?
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:05 pm
by TripleF
Nope not that i can see....
Re: Ultra small mini fixed blade knife. Any info?
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:27 pm
by treefarmer
Scott, what is stamped on the blade, can't make it out, even blowing it up. That is a tiny knife!
Treefarmer
Re: Ultra small mini fixed blade knife. Any info?
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 5:37 pm
by TripleF
treefarmer wrote:Scott, what is stamped on the blade, can't make it out, even blowing it up. That is a tiny knife!
Treefarmer
INOXID
Re: Ultra small mini fixed blade knife. Any info?
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:01 pm
by 0078
Scott sorry, did a little research I thinks it italion try coricama.
Re: Ultra small mini fixed blade knife. Any info?
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:06 pm
by TripleF
why are you sorry bro?
Re: Ultra small mini fixed blade knife. Any info?
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:22 am
by treefarmer
Scott,
All I could find was the word INOXID refers to stainless steel, no particular make. No help for you on this end.
Treefarmer
Re: Ultra small mini fixed blade knife. Any info?
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:24 am
by roofsc
http://www.nzeldes.com/Miscellany/Stainless.htm
Humanity's victory over rust!
A little history of stainless cutlery and its hallmarks
Check the picture on the right, which is engraved on the blade of an old dessert knife. There's the iconic image of Saint George slaying his dragon, and you may think that the Italian knife maker Coricama (Coltellerie Riunite Caslino Maniago) chose this image because of the sword in the saint's hand. The motto on top says otherwise: it proudly declares "Ho vinto la ruggine", which means, "I've vanquished rust!"
The same message is conveyed less dramatically in the word "Inoxid" at the bottom under the shield: it tells us that the blade in question is made of Inoxidable -- or, in modern parlance, Stainless -- steel. This may seem obvious today, when all cutlery is made of that wonderful alloy of iron, nickel and chromium. It's easy to forget that for most of human history anything made from steel would definitely oxidize -- rust -- if you didn't keep it dry, painted or oiled. Stainless steel was introduced only in the second decade of the 20th century, and Coricama's triumphant logo reflects this innovation.