Help Identify This Knife

[LeonardJohn]

Firstly, I apologize if this isn't the proper section to post this in.

I've had this knife for some time now, but I have absolutely no idea about what it is. The only marking on the entire thing is 'STAINLESS PAKISTAN'.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c5/95/1b/c5951b61f2a92611dd766f2ec337dffa.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/dd/35/b6/dd35b631420d6bdfd83268d7417fe445.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e8/92/11/e89211b7244e11813a67af21dbf4de70.jpg

When 'closed' the blade simply rests half of its length inside a channel in the handle. To unlock and open it, a paddle lever (shown in the last image) must be pushed up. Once the blade has been mostly unfolded a small guard is flipped down by camming against the top edge of the handle.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated, thank you.

 

[marcinek]

Welcome. Its called a D'Estaing dagger..or sometimes a folding Bowie.

What else would you like to know?

Pakistani knives are of notoriously low quality.

 

[LeonardJohn]

Thank you, very much!

The only thing I wanted to know was what it is. I'd gotten it a few years ago on a whim, simply because I'd never seen anything else like it before.

Again, thank you. I may look more into this style of knife.

 

[marcinek]

They are neat knives D'Estaing daggers. Carried in a sheath. Meant to be used closed or open.

 

[Hickory n steel]

It's just a cheap Pakistani copy of an old marbles folding Bowie. ( though marbles wasn't the first, they did basically introduce them to the US )
Luckily you didn't ask for a value, because it's not allowed and because it has none.

 

[tltt]

Also called a Saufanger in Germany, although I've never actually seen one used for boar hunting .