Thread: Not a razor but a very interesting old knife

THAT is a NEAT old knife! Don't see them over here.

I did find an old warrior for a decent price the other day though.

KA-BAR folding hunter with the dogs head shield and "match striker" pull. 1930's or 1940's I figure. Old knife has a pretty full blade yet, snaps good and just a small bit of blade wiggle. It's big hand full of knife.


Somewhere along the line the back scale got broke and was fixed with some kind of putty. Common fix back in the day.


Also found a Utica "rooster nutter". Guy selling it had no idea what it was.


AND, a big Carl Schlieper EYE BRAND "sod buster" with a saw blade. Made in '85.


I didn't steal these, but they were cheap enough to get me to buy 'em.

Just won this old guy tonight :



A little easier to carry as a pocket knife.

I'm very glad I won this one !

Originally Posted by Thaeris

Just won this old guy tonight :



A little easier to carry as a pocket knife.

I'm very glad I won this one !

Interesting. Who's the maker?

Mid 1800's?

NEAT knife!!

Acquired a nice Herder Solingen Horticulture Pruner? (perhaps a "Navy Knife") today for a song.

Originally Posted by Wullie

Here's an interesting old piece of history. It's a rope knife made by Miller Brothers, Meriden, Conn.


It came in with a lot of razors that I bought. It was advertised as a razor and I bought the lot because of the knife. Got three good razors and this thing for about a quarter of what the knives alone usually sell for. I've wanted one for a long time, but was too cheap to pay the going rate.

It has no point by design. Admiralty law before and after the turn of the 20th century forbade sailors from carrying a knife with a point. It's a monster of a blade. It's almost a 1/4" thick at the spine. Reason being is that it was made to be able to be driven through a manilla line with a belaying pin.

This will give you an idea of its size.


It's a hand full.

That thing is a MONSTER, neat little piece of history though

Originally Posted by Wullie

Interesting. Who's the maker?

Mid 1800's?

NEAT knife!!

Lichten Berger I'd say 1840 for this one.

One of our french member got a razor of this maker, that is around 1820 :