Anyone ever seen a scout knife with a glass-cutter?

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You have now.

It's an Okapi made in Germany.

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Neat knife, glass cutters were, while not a super common feature, one that you do see on earlier imported(mostly German and surrounding areas) multi-blades.
 
I have an older slipjoint,poorly made,that has a glass cutter.It has a hole in the handle,that resembles like a cigar cutter.I was told it was a "glazier's" knife,and the hole,was for cutting glazing that came in strips (but I don't buy that)
I'll snap a shot ......
-Vince
Here 'ya go,check this out ....
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That hole does look like it's there for a reason, snaping off glass rod or tubeing perhaps.:confused: Very interesting.
 
jacknife,
I've seen the "hole" on cotton sampler knives,I was told that was for lanyard carry,but that would be a wierd set up,why not a bail?
I don't know what it is for,and you'd have a hard time cutting glass with that wheel.
Maybe it was more of a novelty,than a real using tool...on the glass cutting implements,that is.
Stamped Utica Co. Germany,on the pen blade
-Vince
 
Jackknife, that Wadsworth is one of mine. A Kastor import from Germany, it is one of several such knives I have from Germany, Austria, Czchlovakia, Bavaria which have the glass cutters and the nipper slot. I don't buy the cigar cutter story. the tip of a cigarette won't fit into the less than 1/4" hole and none of the blades are so situated to perform a cut at the hole.

Codger
 
Codger_64 said:
Jackknife, that Wadsworth is one of mine. A Kastor import from Germany, it is one of several such knives I have from Germany, Austria, Czchlovakia, Bavaria which have the glass cutters and the nipper slot. I don't buy the cigar cutter story. the tip of a cigarette won't fit into the less than 1/4" hole and none of the blades are so situated to perform a cut at the hole.

Codger
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So,what do you think that hole is for ?
-Vince
 
Yeah,I got ya,I do not think it is a cigar cutter either,but I definitely do not know what it is for,And,if you look how the tip of the large clip blade falls on the hole,the lanyard won't last too long in the closed position.
Who knows what those cutlers were thinking when they created this knife
-Vince
 
VCM3 said:
Yeah,I got ya,I do not think it is a cigar cutter either,but I definitely do not know what it is for,And,if you look how the tip of the large clip blade falls on the hole,the lanyard won't last too long in the closed position.
Who knows what those cutlers were thinking when they created this knife
-Vince
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Oops, didn't notice that Vince.

Just had an idea....what about if you wanted to cut an arc with the glass cutter?
You could put some string or something through the hole, knot one side then fix it
the other end, an there you go, you could cut an arc shape in glass.

Codger, you could try it out as you have the knife....does it seem a likely use?
 
Another thing to consider....I was originally told (it may have been in the original Ebay sellers description,witch is not too reliable),that it was a cutter ffor "rope" type glazing,but the era of the knife - it does not make sense,I don't think they had a type of material in a roll form. It may be like a string,or cord cutter,Perhaps they used a type of material like a cord,to tuck in between glass panes and thier frames,back then.That could be possible
If it is a Glaziers knife
Edited in - It could be,(BL seems to suggest it was a novelty knife),that it's design was like a "handymans" knife,and that hole is for a wire stripper
So,Glazier,electritian,baker ( string cutter),and waiter,all could benefit.
-Vince
 
I think "work" is a key word. This knife is not really built for work. As Mr. Levine said, it was intended as an inexpensive novelty knife and packed with "features" that made it appear to be a workman's knife. The handles are thin stamped plated steel fancied a touch with tortouise shell plastic inserts pinned into insets on each side. The glass cutter blade is two pieces of very thin metal held together at one end by the pivot pin and at the other by the wheel pivot pin. I have another A.W. Wadsworth marked knife with this same blade:



This one is stamped Germany. Back to the first example...

The auger-type corkscrew is rather crude, cast steel, plated without removing the casting lines. The knife blade on mine is chisel ground and entirely unsharpened. Not dulled from use, unsharpened by the factory. The hole? We can only guess. Adolph Kastor was supplying "champaign knives" to Adolphus Busch with Stanhope lenses. Miniature pictures which could be viewed through the handle when held up to the light. Maybe this is an immitation of that feature in a very inexpensive knife.

Just a neat, odd boy's novelty knife imported from Europe by A. Kastor & Bros. (Camillus) before WWI closed the ports is my take on it.

Codger
 
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