Pirate themed knife?

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Manix07

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Besides the emerson pirate lineup, do you all know of any other production knife company that features skull and crossbones or other types of pirate symbols?

Also, besides the obvious of swords, daggers etc - what type if any, folding knife do you think sea farers like pirates would have carried?
 
ESEE knives have a skull on them....the "bones" are knives though..
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There are things like "Cutlass" swords, machetes, but I don't see them as Pirate themed. A quick search shows the gap in this type of blade. The gap being between real knives, and cheap junk. I don't know if there is much to fit your parameters.
 
You know what kind of knives pirates carried?

KaBarrrrrrs.

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Thank you....I'm here all week.
 
Case has a line up of pirate themed knives. They are all trappers with four different themes on the handles.
 
I'm a little disappointed Case didn't make a pirate peanut--that would be the ultimate badass knife.
 
I think it would depend on the era, their local/nationality etc. some probably carried machete like knives, some large fixed blades. I would think folders would be rare until later and then they'd likely be a clasp knife, and have a marlinspike on them. I'm no historian or pirate expert, just giving my 2 cents.
 
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im sure pirates didnt care what they had, if it broke someone might be able to make it into something else, or loot another boat
 
Nontrons and Laguioles date back to the 18th century. I've seen replicas of old friction folders and clasp knives based on suviving examples but they were unknown quality. Anything made and shipped in large quantities would probably have ended up in a pirate's hands. Trade knives and axes were sent to the colonies en masse. Kitchen knives, dirks, knives made from broken/ cut down hangers would all be likely. In the spice islands a pirate might have carried a variety of Malaysian blades. Magellan was said to be killed by a kampilan. Kris knives (keris?) were said to have shown up in far away countries. In the Americas machetes were listed on Spanish cargo logs. Anne Bonny was drawn with a trade axe instead of a boarding axe. She was also described as fighting with a "machet" and a pistol. Anything suitable for FI, fur trade or Rev War would be okay for a pirate of the same time period. Blackbeard sailed a good deal before that, though. The Spanish were known to use cup hilted rapiers long after the British & French stopped using them. I don't think there was a hard and fast rule.

Frank
 
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