spsurfer 891 Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Wonderful craftsmanship!! Don't want to high jack the thread, but I'm a huge fan of rope knives. In the first world War, as people had to deal a lot with horses, the issued knives had marlin spikes to loosen knots and belts. I had these two folders, from Hubertus and Leo Solingen, issued to the German marine before 64 as they changed to another model. As a few years ago it was impostor find information about theses knives, I started to gather information, called companies, German ministry of defense, and at the end, the information you find today about 'Bordmesser BUND' is the result. Here the pre 64 folders and the ones produced from 64 til the early 90ies. Regards Nicolas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
samuria 331 Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 found this if it works....... https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/724948769/army-knife-jack-knife-military-knife?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_ds-a-Art_&_Collectibles-art_and_collectibles-other&utm_custom1=a0b5a74f-71c0-4b4d-918a-194ecc71127e&utm_content=go_6479497885_77406836786_380916979430_pla-314954651973_c__724948769engb&utm_custom2=6479497885&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhdqD_qeB6QIV2u3tCh3c5AkIEAkYAyABEgI9zPD_BwE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 you are not hijacking the thread at all..........love to see those old models of working knives..........interesting to see the way they are riverted together,,....i use a similar system on my hunting knives ...i call it my "saxon sheild boss"........had to make my own inletting tools to acheive it......... see below... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 The German post war model is nearly a 1:1 copy of the English one. The new ones are very very rugged, a 10 years ago I found on ebay a 30 used ones and bought them for a ridiculous price. Only 2 needed some taps with a hammer on the rivet to fix some blade wobble. Today they are made in Asia and quality is far worse, these are marked TSR or MFH. The good old ones are from OFW, Dr. Feike, JS, Köller, Fox 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 right.......getting near the end of this thread now...........assembling time..........bloody glad i took some pics as i would be stuffed by now ........ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 so take it out of the oil wipe it off....et voila................. another bit of history saved..............trouble is i had to give it back.......i didnt charge him as he does some leatherwork for me ....but what i did say ...if he picks another one up at a car boot sale ...its mine .. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
derbyduck 27 Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Ditchy has it got one of those things for getting horses hoves out of boy scouts ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Just now, derbyduck said: Ditchy has it got one of those things for getting horses hoves out of boy scouts ? yup....its got a multi spike boi........the type of tool you need to use on me to pry me out of a brothel on a sunday morning....... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spsurfer 891 Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 I'm sure, this knife never looked so good as now!!! Congratulations for this piece of history! Regards Nicolas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, spsurfer said: I'm sure, this knife never looked so good as now!!! Congratulations for this piece of history! Regards Nicolas it still has some battle scars and small scratches....and it will fade a little in time....he made a pouch for it which is the correct size and shape for that model multi-tool....when the virus thing is over i will take another few pics of it with the pouch........ 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GruffaloGriff 1,858 Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Nice job with the re-build. You put a lot of work into it. I found this sailor knife on the skip! Gave it a bit of a clean up and it is a nice piece of history wit the sailors name on it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ditchman 2,843 Posted May 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) that is a beast of a knife..........it looks in good condition as well.......nice one.. i wonder if you could trace the name to a person on the war records ??? Edited May 7, 2020 by ditchman 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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