If this is not the roughest knife you've ever seen ,I'd like to see it...

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Given to me by a colleague who bought me a couple of knives at a swap meet . This is possibly the crudest folding knife I have ever seen.I wonder if it came from the factory like this or has simply been used up.It looked like it had been used to cut bricks. I sharpened it and it got sharp quite quick (hmmmm ?) All comments appreciated. I call it the knife to watch TV through.
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I see that knife and all I can think is...

Edge Pro Apex
Tuff-Glide
Scotch Bright
Flitz

I have to be honest, I love old beat up knives like this though. I tend to clean them up as best I can and use them.
 
I would be breaking my "value of knife must exceed cost of postage" rule of thumb but if you like I will send this to you Jack. It bears a similarity to the one in your link. I can tell you one thing -
Its got more wobble than Rolf Harris.
I'll ask a Japanese lady I know who lives nearby about that lettering.
When closed it is only "semi closed". I think it was made with very little finesse.
 
meako said:
I would be breaking my "value of knife must exceed cost of postage" rule of thumb but if you like I will send this to you Jack. It bears a similarity to the one in your link. I can tell you one thing -
Its got more wobble than Rolf Harris.
I'll ask a Japanese lady I know who lives nearby about that lettering.
When closed it is only "semi closed". I think it was made with very little finesse.
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LOL! :D Thanks pal, appreciated, I'll pass thanks, but would be interested to see more if you do anything with it :) :thumbup:
 
my head-mate has one of those he got from one of the local markets over here! It's a tad different, but almost the same construction. I can ask him really nice and get some pics if you so please.
 
Thanks DF27-did you check the link in Jacks post?
It looks a lot like those knives but less classy if thats possible.
I'll clean 'er up a bit and see what happens.
 
meako said:
This is possibly the crudest folding knife I have ever seen.
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At least your knife has covers. This one is as simple a folder you can make.

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The edges of the folded metal handle were left unfinished. While they weren't sharp enough to cut they were capable of scratching you up a bit.

I liked the knife though. Even if ugly and crude it had good steel. Where else can you find laminated steel on a < $20 knife?

- Christian
 
meako said:
Given to me by a colleague who bought me a couple of knives at a swap meet . This is possibly the crudest folding knife I have ever seen.I wonder if it came from the factory like this or has simply been used up.It looked like it had been used to cut bricks. I sharpened it and it got sharp quite quick (hmmmm ?) All comments appreciated. I call it the knife to watch TV through.
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meako soup, that knife belongs in the patina patina thread. I would say that it's #1 on the hit parade for most abused and neglected knife with patina.:D This coming Sunday just may very well be your day for anointment.
 
I'm thinking Marvel co must have sold them cheap in a batch to a Japanese company doing some sort of electrical work.

Marvel still makes basically that same knife

It's a Marvel MEK 70, I do believe.
 
Thanks all for enlightenment.
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Here it is in its original state.
My one looks to have been solidly abused and prematurely aged. I'm no genuis when it comes to sharpening -but this thing got sharp really quick on the old Norton stone.
cheers.
 
u.hansen said:
My wife is from Nagano Japan. Here is what she says. Bottom 3 characters say "Yasuki hagane," which was developed by Hitachi Metal, Ltd. The first character can be read as "hi." The second one is not readable but could be "tachi." If you google "Yasuki hagane," you can get a lot of information about it.
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Unfortunately the second character is all but obscured -I tried to clean it but it too faint to make out. Thanks to Mrs Hansen for translating tho.
This is the other knife gifted me by my colleague-plainly it is Japanese but of much higher quality. Once cleaned of its coat of filthy gunk,it has taken a razor edge. Any info much appreciated.
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cheers.
 
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Few gaps like that is nothing, just bung it in your pocket and pack in that whining! It's hand made get a grip(e):D The other thing is that you do realize if they finished those things properly then the whole cutlery industry would collapse due to increased costs and unrealistic consumer expectations??!!:yawn::D

The other one you show is custom like in quality by comparison but at least the original has a straight blade, I've got a single blade with a nicely warped 'crinked' wave to it:eek:
 
kamagong said:
At least your knife has covers. This one is as simple a folder you can make.

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The edges of the folded metal handle were left unfinished. While they weren't sharp enough to cut they were capable of scratching you up a bit.

I liked the knife though. Even if ugly and crude it had good steel. Where else can you find laminated steel on a < $20 knife?

- Christian
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I wonder if anyone has tried to pretty one of those up, it would be worth it IMO. Imagine the ergonomic handle of a French Opinel with the nice laminated blade of this guy.

I want to find one of these out here in oki while I'm here, haven't had luck finding knives around here though.
 
I have a very similar folding knife, with similar markings, though it does not say "Marvel" and does not have the little bail/laynard hole on the end. I'll see if I can get a picture of it tomorrow. It was my grandfather's, who got it from a guy at the glass factory he worked in after the Japanese bought the factory. I can remember him hitting the back of the blade with a hammer to cut through stuff with it from time to time. It's a cool old knife.
 
Alright I'll take your challenge. Took me a few days to get a picture of one of my Dad's knives, but it immediately came to mind when you posted this. My brother and I gave him this knife for christmas somewhere around 10 of 15 years ago. He still carries it despite not having a single blade intact and the only pin holding it intact is the center pin. My Dad was always really careful with his tools, but knives seem to mean nothing to him. For the longest time I thought a spey blade was shaped the way it was to make it fit into phillips screws better! Needless to say he has discovered the utility of a leatherman multitool and razor knife.

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I cannot post pictures--don't know how and don't want to learn--but I bought a Utica Kutmaster Barlow recently that would give you a run for the money. Worse, it was a NIB purchase.

Let me describe: Large gaps in the springs, covers and liners, even larger gaps where the bolsters meet the liners, roughly trimmed and poorly fitted bone covers, almost buried nail nick on the main blade and the word "Barlow" was stamped so crooked on one bolster it was nearly diagonal.

I should have sent it back for a refund but it didn't cost a lot and I thought I would keep it around to remind me that not all "Made in the USA" cutlery products are worthy of praise.
 
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