BMW Badge Folder

[oregon]

While visiting a BMW MC wrench I was allowed to inspect a knife in his display case. This one is just like. The tang stamp reads: INOX Solingen Germany, in three lines. It is lined, has a half stop and I can feel subtle relief touching the round badge (white propeller against a blue background).

i haven't found any info on this knife so I wondered if anyone had the story. Is it authorized by BMW? When made? How were these, assuming that there are others like it, obtained?

Thank you you for looking. .

 

[straitr]

Sorry, I don't have any info, I just wanted to say thanks for sharing. That's an extremely cool and unique knife.

ETA: Ok, after some quick searching, seems like Inox Solingen Germany did a fair amount of promo knives. I found some they did for BMW, Mercedes, Stihl, and some I've not heard of like Southern Cross Fund.

Found a BMW model just like yours that sold on Ebay.UK for $30.

 

[oregon]

Thank you for the research strait.

OK.

I bot this one for $25 off the auction site just a few days ago. It has been carried but the edge looks and feels like a factory edge with no defects. I don't get many hits looking for similar ones.

I will have to try out the cap lifter but holding the bottle at its bottom!

 

[sixspeeddreams]

I'd throw that in my e30 for some period correctness

 

[VictorLouis]

I worked at a Beemer shop until 3.5 yrs ago, and never saw a knife promo like that. Kewl.

 

[straitr]

Yeah, there doesn't seem to be many of any version floating around. I found a few more knives done for Hitachi, an SAS "Who Dares Wins", an Ohio Techniglass (an old TV tube company, a Mt. Rainier collector knife, and a few Euro companies I've never heard of.

Pretty cool stuff.

 

[Poez]

Sort of looks like a generic Chinese-made electrician's knife (general blade shape) with a bottle opener added... I guess the looks might be deceiving, it's a BMW knife after all!