Thread: Weird pocket knife - ID help

Hey guys-

So my Grandma found this knife that my Grandfather left behind (along with a couple razors, super happy about that!!!). The knife is pretty strange though, so wondering if anyone knows anything about it. It's marked with 'ARMOUR' and is a long thin blade, a little over 4 inches long. The last inch or so of the blade is serrated, and the point of the blade is a little strangely shaped. There is a stamp on the blade that is very hard to make out, it's pretty rusted over. From what I can tell, it looks like it says 'Linder & Co, Solingen, Germany'.

So anyone have any idea what this blade may have been used for? Or any ideas on the markings? Thanks guys! Sorry for the low quality photos.

just a guess but that pattren is a doctors knife pattren. i think its a personal steak knife

It is a melon samplers knife. But they do work really well as a personal steak knife.

As above.people that work with Produce use them.

Originally Posted by JeffR

It is a melon samplers knife. But they do work really well as a personal steak knife.

well that sounds good too

Originally Posted by JeffR

It is a melon samplers knife. But they do work really well as a personal steak knife.

Yeah, we used to call them 'fruit knives' ..... no offense intended.

+1 to the fruit sampler's knife. They have also been referred to as "bacon knives", perhaps more so to explain the Armour label. Good for making thin slices. A doctor's knife would likely have had a second blade to act as a spatula for counting pills.

Awesome. Thanks guys! Not sure what I'll do with it, but it's neat to have. Thanks for all the input!

Originally Posted by Wullie

Ulster Knife Co has a very interesting history. They were finally taken over by Schrade in the 50's if I recall correctly.
http://www.wawarsing.net/22/COPDF/409-17-Forward2.pdf

I've got a couple of old Ulsters, I think. I KNOW I've got a 10th Mtn Div knife.


Tang stamp is different as this was made in WWII


FYI, the WWII 10th Mtn Div later became the US Army Special Forces.

This knife had a Phillips screw driver blade so the boys cold tighten and loosen their ski bindings. They're kind of scarce these days, but you still see enough of them on ebay that I wouldn't exactly think of them as "rare".

Neat bit of history, Wullie.
Trivia for ya in regards to the 10th Mtn Division ... the founder of the National Ski Patrol, Minnie Dole, was a member of the 10th Mtn. Division.
I might have to shop to bay to pick one of those up to add to the collection.

Originally Posted by bharner

Neat bit of history, Wullie.
Trivia for ya in regards to the 10th Mtn Division ... the founder of the National Ski Patrol, Minnie Dole, was a member of the 10th Mtn. Division.
I might have to shop to bay to pick one of those up to add to the collection.

They're pretty pricey when they show up. That one belonged to my wife's uncle. He was killed in France in '44 and that knife was in his personal effects that were shipped home.