Architects knife

[Hengelo_77]

Last weekend I was at a large knife show in Solingen. I saw an old knife that I haven't seen before. The seller let me take photo's and even showed me an old advertisement.

He called it an "Architects knife"
Besides a knife blade it had a thick square rod to open doors when the door handle has been pulled out and a screw driver blade with a large square hole to open windows with.

Have you ever seen this before?

(please forgive the poor pics, I did the best I could)

It is nr.2261 in the advertisement.
It translates to: special knife for building/construction technicians

 

[screened porch]

That's a first for me! Very cool.

 

[abcdef]

Surprised Victorinox didn't do one of these. Cool.

 

[Rookie82]

I have not saw an Architects Knife before, that is very interesting. The large square block blade is truly unique. I have saw some US made knives with a blade containing the square hole, which were used for Prest-o-Light headlights on early US made vehicles, such as the Ford Model T. The Prest-o-Light headlights were common from around 1907-1914 where electric headlamps started to become popular.

 

[Jack Black]

Very cool find

 

[Jack Black]

My parents bought a house a couple of years before I was born. On the first floor landing, there was a closet under the attic stairs, which had a loose door-handle. It always came out, when you tried to open the door, because it needed a nut on the inside. As a child my mother always told me that my dad was going to fix it. He worked in a large engineering factory, and finding the right nut would have taken little effort (in a pinch, it could have been fixed in any number of ways). The issue came up regularly, and since I used the closet as a wardrobe, it was a constant source of annoyance. Many years later, I started work myself. The door knob still hadn't been fixed. I asked my mother if she wanted me to fix it. She told me, "That's your Dad's job."

 

[DaveHS]

Last weekend I was at a large knife show in Solingen. I saw an old knife that I haven't seen before. The seller let me take photo's and even showed me an old advertisement.

He called it an "Architects knife"
Besides a knife blade it had a thick square rod to open doors when the door handle has been pulled out and a screw driver blade with a large square hole to open windows with.

Have you ever seen this before?

(please forgive the poor pics, I did the best I could)

It is nr.2261 in the advertisement.
It translates to: special knife for building/construction technicians

Extremely cool find. Chui have you ever seen one of these?

 

[Chui]

Extremely cool find. Chui have you ever seen one of these?

Wow, very interesting - never seen before - thank you for sharing.

Don’t have anything similar/as capable, other than my Swisstool Spirit..!

 

[kamagong]

Many years later, I started work myself. The door knob still hadn't been fixed. I asked my mother if she wanted me to fix it. She told me, "That's your Dad's job."

Jack, your Dad was a world-class puter-offer!

 

[jfk1110]

That is one cool pocket knife...........

 

[Jack Black]

Jack, your Dad was a world-class puter-offer!

That is a very polite way of putting it Christian! They sold the house 25 years later, and while I never asked, I'd put money on him never having fixed that door-knob!