Anyone Got A Bunny?

gajinoz

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The other day at work a bloke wandered over and said:

"You know something about knives, right?"

"Ummm.. I guess so."

"Well, back when I was a kid my father gave me a knife, the same one I think that his father gave him when he was a kid."

"OK, that's great."

"Well, I haven't seen that knife for years and I want another one and I want to give my boy one, he's old enough now."

"Excellent, what sort of knife was it?"

"Not sure, but I think it was called a Bunny, it had that printed on the metal bit at the end of the handle."

I had never heard of such a thing so I told him I'd do a bit of research and get back to him. Didn't take me long, I found they are still being made and there is an Oz dealer. He was pretty damned pleased when I told him.

I think I'm going to get one too.

http://www.knivesaustralia.com.au/knives.html

Scroll right down till you get to the Joseph Rogers, Sheffield section. The JR90W Bunny is the knife in question. Knife is probably nothing all that special but I have to have the knife that has been handed to Australian kids for generations. :)

As an interesting aside, another bloke who heard the conversation said he had one, it was given to him when he joined the navy, still has it.

So, I was wondering if anyone else has/had one or heard of them. (This probably only applies if you're Australian or British).

BTW, there is some other interesting oddities on that page as well.
 
That should work out great..

jr90wbunny.jpg
 
I think you should hippity-hoppity down to your local American Kennel Club and pick one up. :)
 
The Bunny is still around allright and was a popular knife in Australia. I have a 1960s era Japanese copy with the wonderful name of "Chelsea Bunny". Do they have rabbits in Japan?
 
2manyknives said:
Do they have rabbits in Japan?
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no, they have this odd creature they call usagi, it looks just like a rabbit, really quite shocking :D

in all seriousness, thats a great story and its so cool that he can get that knife! Ill make sure to buy some backup benchmades just so I can give them to my grandkids to avoid this situation in the opposite.

oh I should have followed esav benyamin's link before posting, thats a cool knife but it kind of ruins my joke =/
 
A few different Sheffield firms sold "Bunnys" - these were usually single blade only but double blades were also listed
Clip Blade
Clip & Pen
Clip & Castrator
Both blades open on the same end, allowing a smooth heel on the handle for comfortable hold when whittling.

Although the cute name implied that they were targeted at kids, the Bunny's are working pocketknives and are totally usable knives - at under 4" closed they were ideal for EDC pocket or pouch carry.

They are not to be confused with the Rabbiters' Knife. During the 1930's depression and even after WW2, rabbits were in plague numbers in Australia and a lot of people survived by harvesting rabbits. The professionals (Rabbiters) preferred a fixed blade in a knife+steel combo-sheath as they may have had to field process several hundred rabbits (and the odd fox and roo) every day - a folder would not have stood up to the task. I guess the Nth American equivalent would be a small bowie or something like the Russell/Grohman "Canadian Belt Knife"

When I did a lot of bubby-busting. I used a Gerber san mai for several years (they weren't called that when I bought mine) - lost it during one of the house moves:(
 
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