Knife Trivia of the Day

[bro.bobby70]

During the Revolutionary War, New York and New Hampshire required members of their militia to carry pocket knives.

 

[benchwarmer380]

Any examples?

 

[bro.bobby70]

Not specifically, but I understand general George carried a Barlow

 

[Kwon Kwang]

Before Spyderco had anything to do with edged tools, it sold (and was named for) a spiderlike tool called the Portable Hand, which held and clipped small objects into place for jewelers and hobbyists.

 

[sharpguytoo]

I got one of those, pretty handy.

 

[bro.bobby70]

The maguro bocho of Japan is a knife that features a 5-foot long blade. It is used to fillet the giant blue fin tuna. Usually thus is a two person job. Now that's a knife!

 

[jeepin]

Before Spyderco had anything to do with edged tools, it sold (and was named for) a spiderlike tool called the Portable Hand, which held and clipped small objects into place for jewelers and hobbyists.

I've never heard that before.

Pretty cool

 

[bro.bobby70]

The sak that MacGyver used in the pilot episode was a Victorinoz Tinker small. While others were used through the series no other knife made more appearances than the Tinker small. First use of a Wenger was season 1 episode "Gauntlet."

 

[bro.bobby70]

The butterfly knife was in use in France as early as the late 1600s.