I had no Idea were this blade design came from.

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I watch 99% of "knife" content videos on silent. I'm usually not paying much attention to the knife when I watch her videos, as I assume is the case with most others. 🫣

The Italian Mozzetta knife is a real design that came about due to early 1900's Italian laws that forbade the carry of sharp tipped knives due to widespread stabbings (real or imagined, I don't really know). It originated in Sardinia.

This one is rather small, the SAK electrician for size reference. They are still available in a variety of sizes.

Just needed to get this point across.





 
draggat said:
Just needed to get this point across.
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There is no point really...
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Talk about walking into an open manhole with my eyes closed. I should have known better. Somewhere in my tools, I have a Bosun folding knife stashed, but I have not found it yet. Its design goes back to 1905 with the British Pattern 6353/1905 clasp knife. Folding knives were first used in the Royal Navy starting around 1750. These very early sailors' knives were modified versions of the sheep's-foot design. I ran into this story about breaking on the tips. Unlike the influencer here, these others just presented this tidbit as an unconfirmed story, further stating the blade was developed by sheepmen for trimming sheep's claws. Can someone tell me what the small blade is for? My Bosun's knife just has a sheepsfoot blade and the Marlinspike.




British Pattern 6353/1905 clasp knife

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transmaster said:
Talk about walking into an open manhole with my eyes closed. I should have known better. Somewhere in my tools, I have a Bosun folding knife stashed, but I have not found it yet. Its design goes back to 1905 with the British Pattern 6353/1905 clasp knife. Folding knives were first used in the Royal Navy starting around 1750. These very early sailors' knives were modified versions of the sheep's-foot design. I ran into this story about breaking on the tips. Unlike the influencer here, these others just presented this tidbit as an unconfirmed story, farther stating the blade was developed by sheepmen for trimming sheep's claws.




British Pattern 6353/1905 clasp knife

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Tidbits of unconfirmed stories and anecdotes seem to be the most common when it comes to really old designs.

The French Montpellier knife is supposedly a sailor's knife from the 17th or 18th century. It's pretty stabby!

 
Many divers knives are designed to avoid accidental punctures. Doing any kind of work underwater is tricky and you don't want to puncture your boyancy compensator badder, or worse yet yourself.
 
transmaster said:
Talk about walking into an open manhole with my eyes closed. I should have known better. Somewhere in my tools, I have a Bosun folding knife stashed, but I have not found it yet. Its design goes back to 1905 with the British Pattern 6353/1905 clasp knife. Folding knives were first used in the Royal Navy starting around 1750. These very early sailors' knives were modified versions of the sheep's-foot design. I ran into this story about breaking on the tips. Unlike the influencer here, these others just presented this tidbit as an unconfirmed story, further stating the blade was developed by sheepmen for trimming sheep's claws. Can someone tell me what the small blade is for? My Bosun's knife just has a sheepsfoot blade and the Marlinspike.




British Pattern 6353/1905 clasp knife

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Small blade is for opening food tins.
 
draggat said:
I watch 99% of "knife" content videos on silent. I'm usually not paying much attention to the knife when I watch her videos, as I assume is the case with most others. 🫣

The Italian Mozzetta knife is a real design that came about due to early 1900's Italian laws that forbade the carry of sharp tipped knives due to widespread stabbings (real or imagined, I don't really know). It originated in Sardinia.

This one is rather small, the SAK electrician for size reference. They are still available in a variety of sizes.

Just needed to get this point across.

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They also made autos with balled ends to skirt the law -

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And there's the Collins #323 machete -

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It was made for Cuba, who flirted with the idea of banning pointed machetes as weapons.
 
They also made autos with balled ends to skirt the law -

Scatto_antico_cover_2000x.jpg
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And there's the Collins #323 machete -

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It was made for Cuba, who flirted with the idea of banning pointed machetes as weapons.
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Is a point even all that necessary on a machete?! I have a few machete like tools with basically no point that would do incredible damage if used as a weapon
 
Most of the #323's you see now are dead stock from when Collins closed, most that went to Cuba were promptly re-tipped to original #23 cutlass style. Just a silly hoop that was quickly jumped over.
 
draggat said:
I watch 99% of "knife" content videos on silent. I'm usually not paying much attention to the knife when I watch her videos, as I assume is the case with most others. 🫣
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There is much better things to look at on the internet than her.

This girl knows her way around an axe.

 
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Arathol said:
Thats an Italian Mozzetta. This style was made in response to the Giolitti law of 1908 that banned pointy knives more than 4 cm long. Many knives still are marked this way today
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That is one beautiful folding knife! 😻
 
eveled said:
There is much better things to look at on the internet than her.

This girl knows her way around an axe.

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True, but as I'm doom scrolling, occasionally one of hers pops up in the feed.

*Edited to add- if we're going full wood chopping, this lady knows how to handle wood!

 
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