Need an I.D.

Mossdancer · Post by **Mossdancer** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:54 pm

Hi:
Posting this here, don't know where it's from. I suspect the continent.
It was on the site some time back. I thought maybe with all the new folks someone may have seen or heard of one before. Thanks,
moss

smiling-knife · Post by **smiling-knife** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:05 pm

Interesting. I've seen something like that before somewhere.... maybe on board here

. IMO looks continental, French or German? I can't make out the lettering. What do you think it says? Sorry, not much help.

s-k

Mossdancer · Post by **Mossdancer** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:02 pm

I have posted before.
The only lettering says steel steel steel

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:32 am

I have one very similar to it I got on e-Bay awhile back.The main difference is mine has what appear to be English broad arrow marks(military)and cyphers I don't recognize.I think it may be Indian from the time period when India was a British colony.

Mossdancer · Post by **Mossdancer** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:47 am

I certainly agree that the mark in question appears to be a broad arrow used by the British as a military proof mark. Or a cypher in some foreign type of writing. The reason I suggest that is it is offered with other markings. The one in my photo has no words other than the aforementioned steel repeated on other blades. There is a squiggly pattern of marks all over the handles.
moss

knife7knut · Post by **knife7knut** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:59 am

Mossdancer wrote:I certainly agree that the mark in question appears to be a broad arrow used by the British as a military proof mark. Or a cypher in some foreign type of writing. The reason I suggest that is it is offered with other markings. The one in my photo has no words other than the aforementioned steel repeated on other blades. There is a squiggly pattern of marks all over the handles.
moss

The one I have has the engraving marks all over the sides as well;it just doesn't show in the photo.Those were taken before I cleaned the rust off the knife.

What amazed me about the knife is that the juncture where the spine of the blade meets the back spring is so precisely fit and that each blade juncture is set at a different angle.There doesn't appear to be much back spring tension either;it works more like a friction folder. I wish I knew more about it.

Mossdancer · Post by **Mossdancer** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:31 am

K7K;
From all you have said I would have to say they are twins with different male sperm donors. Everything you related about the blades is same as mine. One thing about a treasure such as this. It doesn't eat much.
moss

smiling-knife · Post by **smiling-knife** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:54 pm

I looked in Ron Flook's book British and Commonwealth Military Knives for these. I could not find anything like these knives

. The British Broad Arrow is comprised of three lines of equal length. The marks on your knife K7K do not seem like Broad Arrows IMO. The mystery continues.

s-k