Otter Ankermesser another typical German pattern (pic heavy)

Hi Toddwalla!

Your wish is my order - I gonna take some pics in the next few days.

I know that these knives are propably not to get in the US. But I have to say, that Otter offers them in several different size ranges of the Ankermesser. As well as the choice of carbon steel or carbon steel. :)

I´ll be here soon with several comparison pics.
 
I have one of the Otter Messers coming my way in a couple of days... I had read this thread a little while back, and it helped me decide on getting one... thanks ;-)
 
I have one of these as well but in carbon:




The bolsters, backspring and liners are also carbon, so they rust quite easily. Carbon blade=good
Carbon hardware=no good
 
Me, also, in carbon. A gift from my wife.
Reasonably priced, too.

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Shame,with symbol of my occupation,and i still don't have Ankermesser,have to correct that soon :)
 
Question, guys... if the blade and bolsters are made of carbon steel, are the liners done in carbon steel too? Thanks in advance :-)
 
PocketKnifeJimmy said:
Question, guys... if the blade and bolsters are made of carbon steel, are the liners done in carbon steel too? Thanks in advance :-)
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Yup! Very hard to clean when it gets rusty haha... i'm currently trying to figure out how to force a patina on bolsters, backsprings and liners...
 
I like otter messers. Hopefully, I will own one some day, whether it be a k55k or some other model.
 
This is the one Andi gifted to me. According to the enclosed literature that came with the knife, the blade is carbon while the bolsters and liners are stainless steel.

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Thanks again Andi.
 
Stainless bolsters and liners (and springs)... would make the best sense. I wonder if they simply have transitioned to that now, where maybe the Otter's first ones may have been all carbon, from head to toe ;-) Thanks for sharing, guys :-)
 
PocketKnifeJimmy said:
Stainless bolsters and liners (and springs)... would make the best sense. I wonder if they simply have transitioned to that now, where maybe the Otter's first ones may have been all carbon, from head to toe ;-) Thanks for sharing, guys :-)
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I think that might be the case.
 
Hey Andi -looks chilly in your garden.
is it called "sheepsfoot" auf Deutsch?
or is that an English title?
were these knives originally used by shepherds and taken to sea?
Good info about them being used so as not to cut sails.
I also read that it was because the sailors would fight and stab with knives so the sheepsfoot non pointy blade made this more difficult.
cheers.
 
Hi Andi, great write up on the Ankermesser. I've got one myself and was wondering about a few things.
Are they all made by Otter? I've seen different ones on the web, sometimes with an anchor inlay, sometimes painted. Sometimes with the Otter stamp, sometimes without.
The one I've got has a very stiff action on the spring and rubs a liner. The anchor is painted on and scratches easili (and woul wear off quite quickly if I thoroughly used it, I suppose). There's no makers mark or anything and F&F is rather...poor. Any idea why? For a cheap working knife I'd much rather grab for an Opinel, Douk-Douk, Higonokami, Lierenaar,... anything but the Ankermesser really.
 
Galeocerdoshark said:
Hi Andi, great write up on the Ankermesser. I've got one myself and was wondering about a few things.
Are they all made by Otter? I've seen different ones on the web, sometimes with an anchor inlay, sometimes painted. Sometimes with the Otter stamp, sometimes without.
The one I've got has a very stiff action on the spring and rubs a liner. The anchor is painted on and scratches easili (and woul wear off quite quickly if I thoroughly used it, I suppose). There's no makers mark or anything and F&F is rather...poor. Any idea why? For a cheap working knife I'd much rather grab for an Opinel, Douk-Douk, Higonokami, Lierenaar,... anything but the Ankermesser really.
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I'm sure Andi will chime in with some precision answers for you... but just wanted to mention.. Not only have other German firms made an "anchor" knife... but I have seen some online that are, I believe, branded Cannon, and are made in china. They are no doubt an obvious attempt at copying the German made specimens. One thing I kinda liked on the chinese made copy, and that was the addition of a bail (but maybe the German firms have done that as well.) In any case, these German Anchor knives can be had in my country, the usa, in both stainless blade and carbon blade. The price of the stainless I have seen from about $30 to $36.... and the carbon at about $33 (plus whatever shipping costs these sites charge). I would say, judging from Andi's review.... this is a case of much bang for the buck! :-)
 
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Here is a pic I found online of the Chinese made Cannon version. It runs for $6.99 + s&h on the site I found the pic on. I will go with the German one, for my own personal reasons.... but just like the Rough Rider knife prices, these Cannon knife prices are so low, almost unbelievable!
 
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