Thread: What kind of pocket knife is this?

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.

Yes,
Sharp on the incurve, dull on the outcurve. Slicing the neck from the top of sheep and gutting without splitting the intestines.
my guess.

I've seen knives with this shape used for mushroom picking. I believe that Opinel has a model just like that with a small brush on the handle.
Just my two cents...
Nice looking blade though.

Blade like that would never be used for skinning (JMO) as above, have seen electricions use them for stripping really big wire.

Well, it is not a gut hook or a blade I would recognize for skinning either. I think it might be a pruning blade pruning knife - Google Search .

Bob

I was always told that these were linoleum knives

you did a good job cleaning it up. Yes, carpenters, linolieum (sp), electrician, etc.

Here you go :Linoleum knife - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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?