Knife guessing game ( based on description ) now guessing fixed blades

Now that I think about it, alpine could be a clue for a wood handle, and the barrel lock is sort of a ring so you may be right.
 
Don't sweat it Will, guessing is the easy part of this game.

A knife whose name could be taken to mean "earth shatterer".
 
Nope. I should mention that this pattern has many many names. One of the early names meant "needs slaughter" as it was a folding butchers knife. A few recent editions of this pattern have names that allude to its bovine past.
 
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Guess I'm playing later... back to the grind.
 
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OK, this is a pattern that dates back to the late 19th century when it was featured in English and German cutlery catalogs. It's usually made in a jack knife configuration with two blades opening out of the same end, and usually has two bolsters. The pattern is named for it's shape which is intended to represent, in pocketknife form, a miniature version of another tool. Interestingly, this other tool is no longer commonly found in either England or Germany, but is still commonplace in many American homes. The knife is usually between 3 1/4" and 3 3/4" closed, but can be found in larger or smaller sizes. It's most commonly made with a clip or spear main and a pen secondary.
 
Not that obscure, Will. This is a pattern that's actually relatively common. We even have a forum regular that uses this pattern name as his handle! I did a quick subforum search and found that this pattern has been mentioned here about 40 times in the last month.
 
r8shell said:
Gunstock.
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The only problem with winning is having to come up with a new puzzle.

This big, swaybacked, single blade knife is an old pattern. You could use it to harvest plums. Then you could dry the plums to get part of the name of this knife.
 
Is "pruner" enough, or do you need something more specific?

- GT
 
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