Frost Cutlery 3 Blade Folding Knife

[swarner]

My father had various knives and we know the history on most of them. I came across a very large Frost Cutlery 3 blade folding knife. The knife looks pretty old and has been used. The knife, when folded closed is about 8-3/8” long. Hopefully this link to the picture of the knife will open.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0666BVOCkdLKLtb_Q6WBjuQ-A

 

[killgar]

Welcome to Bladeforums swarner.

Is there some specific information you are looking for about your fathers knife?

What I can tell you is, that type of knife is known as a "Whittler", and the handle pieces are bone (likely cow or camel).

Here's an identical model-

 

[swarner]

Welcome to Bladeforums swarner.

Is there some specific information you are looking for about your fathers knife?

What I can tell you is, that type of knife is known as a "Whittler", and the handle pieces are bone (likely cow or camel).

Here's an identical model-

Thanks for the reply. Yes, that looks like the knife. Do you know when these were made? I have been told that it was my great grandfather’s knife. This would make sense because he loved to carve and whittle and I have several different pieces of his work. I’m not really trying to determine a value because it has more value to me as a family heirloom. I just want to be able to give an accurate history to my children so they appreciate them.

 

[johnny99]

I would imagine the knife dates from the 1980s at the earliest. Similar knives were made by Frost until recently.

 

[killgar]

I don't know when your knife was made, but Frost started producing knives as an independent knife brand in 1978 (they started as Parker-Frost in 1976, separated in '78). So the knife is no older than 1978.

Based on the size of the knife I'd say it was intended as a display model, Frost produced a variety of oversized display models. But even a display model can be a functional knife.

The knife I pictured above was made in Pakistan (marked "Pakistan"), one blade is also marked "Solingen Steel". Solingen is a city in Germany known as a knife industry city. So it's possible that the blades were made in Solingen, and the rest of the parts were made and everything assembled in Pakistan. Frost had knives made in a variety of countries, and sometimes had parts made in one country, and then assembled in another.

Here is a pic from a Frost catalog (1997-98), your knife is not among them, I post it just to verify that Frost did make oversized display folding knives.

 

[riversidedep]

What I can tell you is, that type of knife is known as a "Whittler", and the handle pieces are bone (likely cow or camel).

That name HAS to be tongue-in-cheek. Though, at an OAL around 14 inches open, I guess it would be good for whittling an oar, or a canoe, or a castle draw-bridge.

 

[killgar]

That name HAS to be tongue-in-cheek. Though, at an OAL around 14 inches open, I guess it would be good for whittling an oar, or a canoe, or a castle draw-bridge.

Yeah, I don't know if Frost actually called it a "Whittler", but that design/style/pattern of knife is known as a Whittler (like a "Congress", "Stockman", "Barlow", etc).

I didn't realize at first how big the OP's knife is (or the one I pictured). It was only when I tried researching the knife again that I bothered to read the ruler.