Bronze or Brass Knife

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outhouse-charley

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Just joined tonight, invited last year at the Oregon Knife show.
Takes awhile for things to sink in for me.
I collect the vintage stuff.
Hope I am doing this properly, by joining and asking questions about a knife I found.
I have been looking for 3 months now, trying to find anything on a knife I picked up in January.
The knife is I think is made of brass or bronze. It is 11 1/2 inches overall. The handle is stamped " Huston Texas", the other side " Its A Kings".
I have contacted King tool co. inc. and was told they never made any knives. I did see a picture of the blade only, in a "Rare Divers Knife" pop screen on Google search.
Any ideas?
 
The only benefits they have are corrosion resistance and the fact that they're non magnetic. bronze and brass haven't been used for dive knives in quite awhile because quality stainless steels have becomes widely available. I have heard of them being used by folks that work with explosives, being non-magnetic is an advantage I suppose (What do I know about explosives haha). I think ceramics have taken up a good deal of that market though, they hold an edge significantly longer, the downside being their brittleness. I can't help past that, and I'm not even sure if it's helpful. :)

Uploading pictures would help quite a bit, you can get an account on photobucket or imgur, upload them there, and copy/paste the
link into your post.

Lastly, please click on the small triangle located at the bottom left of your post. Just ask to have this thread moved to "Bernard Levine's" forum. :)

Welcome to this board,
Kirby
 
Sounds like it might be an old berrylliam copper dive knife. I think these blades are dangerous to use in food prep. Berrylliam is poisonous. Used in the military, nonmagnetic.

Grizz
 
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