Help with ID

Looks vaguely familiar, but maybe I've just seen something similar before.

It looks to me like something a sailor made in a ships workshop.
 
Try searching for Klas Tornblom from Eskilstuna Sweden. I'm not sure if it was a knife company or a person. Seems the name Klas Tornblom is associated mostly to straight razors though.
 
Superdave1 said:
Wow...just had to say something didn’t you?

Which country’s navy?
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I don't know what country of origin this would be, but it does to me look non professionally made
The centerline down the blade isnt perfectly straight, the handle appears to be a bit crude and uncomfortable, and the stampings are made up of individual letters and numbers.
I've seen pictures of theatre knives that were made in a ships workshop and they had that " shop class " look about them that this has.


KLAS may not end up pointing to any known maker, and this is just what I see when I look at this.
 
Hickory n steel said:
I've seen pictures of theatre knives that were made in a ships workshop and they had that " shop class " look about them that this has.


KLAS may not end up pointing to any known maker, and this is just what I see when I look at this.
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Looking at pictures online of crudely made knives means nothing. I could go out to my shed, cut up a WWII bayonet and make a "theater" knife right now. Post it up on here and say it is one. No one could prove it is or isn't by a photo.

Unless an example has provenance there is no way anyone can tell. Perhaps in hand one could be 90% "sure" after handling many,many, known examples.

That knife could have been made in a garage at anytime by a guy who was just bored. No way to tell.

Also why do you think sailor made? My grandfather made lots of souvenirs in his shop in the Army Air Corps, Pacific Theater, during his down time.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Looks vaguely familiar, but maybe I've just seen something similar before.

It looks to me like something a sailor made in a ships workshop.
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Interesting theory. I could see it being a theater knife (though the stamping leads me to believe otherwise...seems "manufactured"), but I cant help but wonder why a sailor would make a knuckle duster trench warfare dagger rather than something more applicable to what a sailor does, like maybe a rope knife.
 
Todd21969 said:
Looking at pictures online of crudely made knives means nothing. I could go out to my shed, cut up a WWII bayonet and make a "theater" knife right now. Post it up on here and say it is one. No one could prove it is or isn't by a photo.

Unless an example has provenance there is no way anyone can tell. Perhaps in hand one could be 90% "sure" after handling many,many, known examples.

That knife could have been made in a garage at anytime by a guy who was just bored. No way to tell.

Also why do you think sailor made? My grandfather made lots of souvenirs in his shop in the Army Air Corps, Pacific Theater, during his down time.
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This knife looks vaguely familiar for some reason and i was thinking theatre knife, and that was a bold assumption.
Made on a ship was just an example, and I should have been more clear or used a different one.
We don't know where the OP got the knife or any potential story that comes with it, so practically anything is a possibility with this.
Fighting isn't the only purpose such a blade could've been made for , and I shouldn't have been thinking that direction.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Looks vaguely familiar, but maybe I've just seen something similar before.

It looks to me like something a sailor made in a ships workshop.
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You're consistently in the top 3 posts of a new thread with what amounts to I DON'T KNOW.

Doesn't that strike you as, someone who isn't posting any meaningful information? Posting just to post? Perhaps some self reflection is in order.


On topic, that is a cool looking knife. Quite crude, but looks like it would perform it's intended task.
 
shinyedges said:
You're consistently in the top 3 posts of a new thread with what amounts to I DON'T KNOW.

Doesn't that strike you as, someone who isn't posting any meaningful information? Posting just to post? Perhaps some self reflection is in order.


On topic, that is a cool looking knife. Quite crude, but looks like it would perform it's intended task.
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There are actually more times where I refrain from posting something then when I do, sometimes when I have a thought or idea I post before thinking this it's probably nothing and I shouldn't bother.

Btw I just remembered why this knife is vaguely familiar to me .
It looks pretty similar to a pig killing knife I've seen somewhere , probably completely unrelated but anything is a possibility with this.

I'll leave this thread now so someone with a better idea can figure it out.
 
Hickory n steel said:
There are actually more times where I refrain from posting something then when I do, sometimes when I have a thought or idea I post before thinking this it's probably nothing and I shouldn't bother.

Btw I just remembered why this knife is vaguely familiar to me .
It looks pretty similar to a pig killing knife I've seen somewhere , probably completely unrelated but anything is a possibility with this.

I'll leave this thread now so someone with a better idea can figure it out.
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It all seems to point towards Sweeden, doesn't it?
 
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Hickory n steel said:
There are actually more times where I refrain from posting something then when I do, sometimes when I have a thought or idea I post before thinking this it's probably nothing and I shouldn't bother.

Btw I just remembered why this knife is vaguely familiar to me .
It looks pretty similar to a pig killing knife I've seen somewhere , probably completely unrelated but anything is a possibility with this.

I'll leave this thread now so someone with a better idea can figure it out.
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So a sailor makes a pig killing trench knife on a ship....just because....”hey guys lets have a luau,cuz whatever war we’re in is hell...ill kill the pig, with the trench knife I made in the shop...and serialized as a souvenir”
 
marcinek said:
I am not a boar hunter, but I do not believe they use their pig stickers to punch the boar with.

Is is a fighting knife.
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No. Hickory is most likely correct. It is a pig sticker from Sweden.

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He made the most meaningful contribution to this thread. And if you don't like what he writes or the frequency just ignore his posts. No need to publicly attack him.
 
I wonder if the "9177" is a reference to the last four digits of a service members serial number? In the 60's we had to put your first initial of your last name and the last four digits of your serial number on just about everything. There is already a possible name on he tang, and then his last four of his serial number as doubtful that there were 9177 of these knives made. John
 
John A. Larsen said:
I wonder if the "9177" is a reference to the last four digits of a service members serial number? In the 60's we had to put your first initial of your last name and the last four digits of your serial number on just about everything. There is already a possible name on he tang, and then his last four of his serial number as doubtful that there were 9177 of these knives made. John
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I doubt this knife has anything to do with any military or naval force. There are many knives that have numbers in the tang for whatever reason. Might be the model number at the time or unit number. It is clear to me the metal handle was covered with something else, just like the frost slaktkniv knife I posted.
 
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