Folding Knife with gaff hook

[Wil Knoop]

Hello all, I recently inherited a folding fish knife with three blades. Two are the standard cutting and scaling variety, and the third is a small gaff hook for landing fish. The knife is red, and the part that the blades fold into is curved at the end to accomodate the gaff point. There is an emblem of a fish with the word "fishsaver" on it. The blade says "Bonsa, Solingen, Germany" at the base. it is five inches long when folded up.

Would any of you know the age and whether this knife has any collector value? I have never seen one like it.

Thanks

Wil Knoop

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Wil, welcome to Bladeforums!

Sounds like an interesting knife. I've never seen one like it myself, but I hope it's got a hole for a lanyard, if you're going to be gaffing fish with it -- or else you may be swimming to retrieve it

I would recommend asking at our Bernard Levine Knife Collecting and Identification Forum where someone may know who Bonsa was or is.