can any one tell me what this is and the origin of it?

[rogue-nader]

https://imgur.com/a/1hodLNK

https://imgur.com/a/1hodLNK

 

[Henry Beige]

First glance suggests a Shilin Cutter.

The Magnificent Shilin Cutter

For five generations, the men of the Kuo family have hand-made the often-imitated, never replicated, iconic knife of Taiwan. I’ve been wanting to get this down in writing for a while, so if you have a little time to kill, here’s the story of the Shilin Cutter, a rare piece of Chinese/Taiwanese...

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I have no way of knowing if it’s the real thing.

 

[rogue-nader]

First glance suggests a Shilin Cutter.

The Magnificent Shilin Cutter

For five generations, the men of the Kuo family have hand-made the often-imitated, never replicated, iconic knife of Taiwan. I’ve been wanting to get this down in writing for a while, so if you have a little time to kill, here’s the story of the Shilin Cutter, a rare piece of Chinese/Taiwanese...

www.bladeforums.com

I have no way of knowing if it’s the real thing.

thanks man now i got an idea id like to know how old i cant find one with the same markings

 

[rhino]

Bob Lum had a number of designs very similar to that knife!

 

[Michel Droz]

https://imgur.com/a/1hodLNK

https://imgur.com/a/1hodLNK

Hello! That is a chinese " all purpose " knife. Not that mr. rogue-nader is wrong but 5 generations ago Taiwan was named Formosa and was just another province of China. A few years ago Bob Lum designed a modern version for Spyderco called the... Chinese Folder......

 

[Michel Droz]

....and for those who still use BOOKS as reference sources there is a picture of one in mr. Ken Warner´s book " The Practical Book of Knives ", published by Stoeger Publishing Company in 1976, ISBN 0-88317-025-6, page 55....