Old Knives With A Razor Blade

[Miller Bro's]

These are fairly hard to find, I try to buy good one's if I find them.

If You got 'em post pictures!

[FRJ]

That is a handsome knife, Dimitri. A unusual knife to me.
Love those covers!

[eveled]

My understanding was blades like that became popular after the US Civil War. There were so many people missing an arm, it was not really considered a handicap. They were expected to take care of themselves.

That blade shape with its crescent tip could be opened on the pocket of a pair of blue jeans. It resembles a razor somewhat, but a razor is concave and sharpened very differently.

If you search one armed knife, you will find more of them.

[Miller Bro's]

That is a handsome knife, Dimitri. A unusual knife to me.
Love those covers!

Thanks Joe, this jigging is awesome!

[Miller Bro's]

My understanding was blades like that became popular after the US Civil War. There were so many people missing an arm, it was not really considered a handicap. They were expected to take care of themselves.

That blade shape with its crescent tip could be opened on the pocket of a pair of blue jeans. It resembles a razor somewhat, but a razor is concave and sharpened very differently.

If you search one armed knife, you will find more of them.

Not really, it was what Cutlery companies called the blade style.

Has nothing to do with one arm men, press button knives were invented for them and a fixed blade design with a knife and fork at the end.

[eveled]

You said they are hard to find. If you use one armed knife in your search you will get more results.

[doglegg]

Typical to your beautiful knives. And love those handles.

[Ripster]

These are fairly hard to find, I try to buy good one's if I find them.

If You got 'em post pictures!

Here’s a Keen Kutter for the thread . Not sure who made it for KK . Maybe someone could tell me that .
Interesting conversation regarding the one arm man thing . Wondered if that was true or not .
Thanks for an interesting thread and topic . Hope more chime in with there feedback.

[Steve Warden]

Case is pulling one from their vault
https://casexx.com/Pattern/

[eveled]

Lol. Its could (probably?) be false, it’s been repeated a lot, but that doesn’t make it true. It always bothered me why have a second blade a one armed man couldn’t use?


Still it will yield different search results. If you are on the hunt, sometimes search the wrong name finds what you want.

[btrwtr]

Here is a Case Bradford 6205R. Decent shape for it's age.

[Miller Bro's]

Typical to your beautiful knives. And love those handles.

Thank you!

[Miller Bro's]

Here’s a Keen Kutter for the thread . Not sure who made it for KK . Maybe someone could tell me that .
Interesting conversation regarding the one arm man thing . Wondered if that was true or not .
Thanks for an interesting thread and topic . Hope more chime in with there feedback.

You're welcome, beautiful old knife you have there!

[Miller Bro's]

Here is a Case Bradford 6205R. Decent shape for it's age.

I like everything about that one Wayne!

[Mumbleypeg]

I can’t vouch for the origin of the blade, whatever the inspiration was.

But I can say that my late brother-in-law, who lost his right arm from the elbow down in an accident at 14 years of age, carried a Case 62009RAZ as his EDC. I once asked him about the second blade. He actually could get it open if needed. (He had a prosthetic “hook” that he wore sometimes. You’d be surprised at the things he could do - he was a 6 handicap golfer and would take your money on a golf course quick, especially if you thought he couldn’t play! He hustled many a sucker.) He said if they made one with one blade he would have bought it.

Ken

[Miller Bro's]

Here's a Sears catalog cut advertising them.