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Good afternoon. My name is Dmitry, I am from Ukraine, but I have been living and working in Norway for a long time. Not so long ago I bought this knife. After I put it in order, I saw this stigma. I searched for information, but unfortunately I did not find anything. I hope very much for your help.
Sincerely, Dmitry Kruk

That's a real survivor. I don't think its from 1827, likely closer to 1927. The handles may be hard rubber (gutta percha) Can't tell from the picture. I don't know the mark. My guess would be British just from the pattern. It appears that someone ground off the marlin spike or replaced it with the small stub. Maybe the main blade was also replaced as the pin appears to have been worked on. Maybe someone on this site will recognize it. Good luck and welcome. J.O'.

Сначала я тоже подумал, что это работа местного кузнеца. Ручки на ноже изготовлены из какого-то твердого материала. Может быть, моржовый бивень или что-то в этом роде. Но меня очень интересовала печать на ноже.

I can't provide any information about your knife, Dimi, but I do wish to you to AAPK!
BTW, very few members can read or understand Ukrainian, but a couple guys can!

Thank you very much . I made a mistake and wrote in Ukrainian. Probably worried a lot.

When I saw this knife, I thought it was the work of a local blacksmith. But after when I saw the stigma, I became very interested to know more about this knife.

Cool the bottom end looks like a birds head and small blade like his beak. Harold

Yah, I noticed that too in the 2nd picture, Harold, definitely a bird!

Dimi: Can you translate your answer to me? Thanks J.O'.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 11:07 pm Dimi: Can you translate your answer to me? Thanks J.O'.

Cool old Bō'sun knife.

According to Google translator, J.O'.

No problem) I wrote that my first opinion was that it the work of a local craftsman, the knife looked rough, but it was covered in dirt and old grease. But the brand on the knife when I saw it surprised me a lot!

Sorry, but I don't know, what is it Bos'un knife. Can you tell little about it?

Dimi wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 9:15 am Sorry, but I don't know, what is it Bos'un knife. Can you tell little about it?

A navy knife or sailing knife.The spike on your's appearzbroken off and reshaped. The spike was used to untie knots in rope.

Dimi wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 9:15 am Sorry, but I don't know, what is it Bos'un knife. Can you tell little about it?

A boatswain/bō'sun is the guy who tracks ship maintenance and the log, from the tall shop sailing era. I suppose he was also responsible for the rigging ropes.

t's always interesting to learn something new. I grew up far from the sea and the marine theme is always something new for me.
I agree that the spike has been replaced or the entire knife has been repaired. But he doesn't look bad for his age!
I have a few more knives and I will try to put them up for your discussion in the near future. The opinion of experts is very important to me.
Sincerely, Dmitry Kruk

Dimi wrote: ↑Sun Jul 23, 2023 5:29 pm t's always interesting to learn something new. I grew up far from the sea and the marine theme is always something new for me.
I agree that the spike has been replaced or the entire knife has been repaired. But he doesn't look bad for his age!
I have a few more knives and I will try to put them up for your discussion in the near future. The opinion of experts is very important to me.
Sincerely, Dmitry Kruk

Looking forward to it.

Thanks Red, I didn't think of using a translator. (Actually, I wouldn't know how!) O'.

As promised, I want to show you my little collection. All knives were delivered in a terrible condition. I haven't done anything with the last one yet. I want to find a donor and replace the left pad. There is another Solingen with a very beautiful pattern on the blade, but it is under repair. I change the full lining on the handle, the old ones were completely killed. I will definitely show it, but a little later.

And the last two

I think those are some pretty cool old knives, thanks for posting them.

Good evening.
I want to show you this knife. I got it in pretty good condition. This is a Swedish pocket knife, maybe from the 40s or 50s of the last century. Maybe I'm wrong. I really like it and I use it every day. And now the mushroom picking season has begun and I take it with me to the forest

I have two knives made in Ekilstuna, and both are great quality.
One is an Eka, but a different model than yours.
My other is a barrel knife that is over a century old.

I love 'em!

A marlinspike is as useful today for the mariner as it was in olden times. It is not to be viewed as a quaint tool. Any mariner of today has to do a considerable amount of rope splicing, which is the primary use of a marlinspike, and not for the un-tying knots in rope (although it will aid in that task as well).

The greatest risk to a rigger's or yachtsman's knife today remains with someone using the marlinspike for a task that it was not intended, that is, as a pry-bar. It does not take much leverage on a misapplied marlinspike to ruin in an instant one's perfectly functioning sailor's knife. The marlinspike is intended to be pushed with force, and not levered with force.

Correct, and I favor the type where the spike locks and the bail is the release.

Parker

Boatswains that I call Navy Knifes that cut Rope, open cans & help tie & untie Rope with the Marlin Spike.