Thread: What kind of pocket knife is this?

i have a knife just like that only with a yello handle, its a hawkbill utillity knife. good knife holds an edge fair. works great for stripping wires

Yes, the Famous, sheep skinning, tree pruning, circumcision, linoleum cutting, combat fighting knife has arrived in the States.

...........and I've got it !



Eat your hearts out.

I made a secret deal with Bruno to smuggle this baby out of Belgium.

I'm gonna make it an EDC knife. You never know when you might run into a sheep.

Thanks Bruno.

Hard to clean your finger nails with such an evil looking carpet cutter.

Carpet Cutter !!




Don't even think about getting your hands on it, Wullie !!

Originally used for Pruning.


Mick

Pruning,,,,it's an Arabian Combat Knife!
If you look real close, you you can see it in the movie, "The Wind & The Lion".

Originally Posted by Sailor

Easy. That is a typical skinners knife. Very typical shape, used by hunters. It is hard to imagine any other practical use (just my poor imagination). Probably it could be used as an emergency knife in a car. Good shape for cutting seat belts without any risks of making any wounds into skin.

Edit: People who work at sea & coastal enviroments have used tools made of carbon steel for centuries. Still do. With the larger blades (larger than razor), carbon steel is so much easier and faster to keep sharp than stainless. Rust is no problem. If you can not paint it, then just oil it as often as it is necessary. Stainless steel hasn't been around that long. In the times of old tools were very expensive things, not something to throw away with first spots of rust. Usually they were personal property of the person who used them. His/her life and living was depending not only skills but also tools they used.

Here's an example of a "sailor's knife" from the turn of century.


It's a BIG hand full of a knife.


Maritime law of the day forbade sailors from having a knife with a point. These knives were made extremely strong as they were used to cut ropes by being driven through rope with a wooden belaying pin.

Why no point Wullie?

It made incidents of sailors trying to stab each other a little more tolerable. If a sailor came on board with a pointed knife the captain of the vessal would have the point snapped off and hand the knife back to the sailor. Living in close confines would lead to some personality clashes that ended with violent results.


Mick

As soon as I'm mobile enough, I'll venture into the wreck I call a garage and grab a hoof cleaning knife that's out there. It's old, antler handle and I never have thought to look for mfg marks. It has a mostly straight blade, slight curve and the tip is wrapped to the side to leave the end with a wrong way bend on the end. Dad said that part was for cleaning the "frog" on the bottom of a horse's hoof? Wullie, reach into your knife bag and post a pic of the ones you have!!! lol