Aah! Yes! Just as I thought! I'm surprised you don't see how extremely useful this design is. Let's say that you're out camping and you want to whittle an eating fork while you're turning the spit roast - and then you need to carve up that big juicy roast - and then a bear shows up to dispute ownership of said roast... This knife has all bases covered. I quite recently became aware of the existence of this kind of knife, but only this morning do I realise quite how marvellous it is!
Agreed. I have a massive old Japanese folding camp knife and the bone scales are a close match: also the brass bolsters half the thickness of the scales, hastily pinned - and even the particular matte gray tones of the blade steel.
This a cheap version of many folding hunting knives, many of German origin. I know because I inherited a Kirschbaum one that belonged to my great grandfather, dated around 1910 with foldable guard and true antler scales. Besides been meant to end the suffering of a wounded game it is useful when folded for many camping tasks. BTW it clearly is not a bayonet... 😊
They were build in Germany,also in Britain and can be still found here. This is a style that is or was never really common here but haf a niche and you see them here once in a while. There are some companys in Europe which still make this style knife in very good quality but there are also cheap,mostly Pakistani variations on the market. They are and were marketed to carry a knife of decent compactness for use as a small fixed blade for all kinds of tasks, but with the ability to have a knife with a substantial bladelengh, for dispatching larger wounded game animals like wild boar. Nice piece you have there from your Grandfather ,the sheath is not the original for this knife.
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Aah! Yes! Just as I thought!
I'm surprised you don't see how extremely useful this design is.
Let's say that you're out camping and you want to whittle an eating fork while you're turning the spit roast - and then you need to carve up that big juicy roast - and then a bear shows up to dispute ownership of said roast...
This knife has all bases covered.
I quite recently became aware of the existence of this kind of knife, but only this morning do I realise quite how marvellous it is!
Aha! Yes, I see it now!
In Germany, we call this a "Verlängerungsmesser". Hunter's use this to stop a dear charging at them.
i think they used to call these Cobra Folders
No way. I inherited the same kind of knife from my grandfather. Was wondering what it was. Cool to see
That pattern on the handle reminds me of some of the Japan made camp knives.
Agreed. I have a massive old Japanese folding camp knife and the bone scales are a close match: also the brass bolsters half the thickness of the scales, hastily pinned - and even the particular matte gray tones of the blade steel.
This a cheap version of many folding hunting knives, many of German origin. I know because I inherited a Kirschbaum one that belonged to my great grandfather, dated around 1910 with foldable guard and true antler scales.
Besides been meant to end the suffering of a wounded game it is useful when folded for many camping tasks. BTW it clearly is not a bayonet... 😊
They were build in Germany,also in Britain and can be still found here.
This is a style that is or was never really common here but haf a niche and you see them here once in a while.
There are some companys in Europe which still make this style knife in very good quality but there are also cheap,mostly Pakistani variations on the market.
They are and were marketed to carry a knife of decent compactness for use as a small fixed blade for all kinds of tasks, but with the ability to have a knife with a substantial bladelengh, for dispatching larger wounded game animals like wild boar.
Nice piece you have there from your Grandfather ,the sheath is not the original for this knife.
Hey thanks!
Mine says Pakistan on the bottom of the blade.