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7 blade Kabar Big Cigar
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 4:24 am
by CutleryCollector-com
Are there any more of these Kabar multi- blade sportsman's knives out there? Did any American knife company make one with more blades in a traditional frame?
Re: 7 blade Kabar Big Cigar
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 9:20 am
by New_Windsor_NY
Re: 7 blade Kabar Big Cigar
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 1:55 pm
by Gunsil
You can find these knives marked either KA-BAR or Case Tested XX with the KA-BAR marked ones more common. I believe those marked Case were made for Case by KA-BAR. I also think they have the most blades of any antique American pocket knife. Yours sadly has a broken blade, the screwdriver blade that had a prestolite key in it is broken.
Re: 7 blade Kabar Big Cigar
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 3:45 pm
by 1967redrider
Good eyes, Gene.
Still a very cool knife, thanks for posting it.
Re: 7 blade Kabar Big Cigar
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 5:21 pm
by CutleryCollector-com
Can anyone post a picture of the original pretolite blade?
Re: 7 blade Kabar Big Cigar
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 5:22 pm
by CutleryCollector-com
Sorry, prestolite key blade?
Re: 7 blade Kabar Big Cigar
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 5:23 pm
by bestgear
From Orvet (Dale Vincent): The Presto-Lites were the acetylene headlights on the early automobiles. My understanding is they worked kind of like a miners lamp, the key controlled the flow of water into a chamber where the calcium carbide produced acetylene when water was introduced to it. I think that is a very rough idea of how the early headlights work. The Presto-Lite key was how you turned your headlights off and on. Here's an AAPK thread on the subject:
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Re: 7 blade Kabar Big Cigar
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2024 5:42 pm
by New_Windsor_NY
