Has anybody seen a knife like this one?

[BB78]

I bought this knife today and it seemed pretty old, there is no tang stamp only the muzzle loader that is stamped into the blade. The blade is thin but has some minimal pitting making it look old. Never seen one like it so I picked it up. I tried doing a google search but did not see anything similar. Any ideas out there?

 

[Kershaws]

Can't see pictures. You need to use an image hosting site, I prefer photobucket

 

[BB78]

http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/BB78BB/library/

 

[BB78]

I thin I did that right, I had never been on photobucket. There should be 4 pics on that link.

 

[marcinek]

Looks French, kinda like a Nontron. Incredibly common knives in France. Ancestor of the Opinel.

 

[BB78]

Thanks that helps, I appreciate the response

 

[rycen]

If you post the IMG link to the right of the individual pictures it will show up like this

 

[BB78]

Cool, thanks I'll try that

 

[rune1279]

I don't know anything about the maker's mark, but the type of knife is a "trattenbacher taschenfeitel" -- a pattern from Austria or Germany, IIRC. They also had some success in the pioneer era in the US, where they were more commonly referred to as "penny knives"

There was a nice thread on it in the traditionals subforum, but I'm not finding it now, oddly.

--Mark