Reinventing the Wheel !

[mete]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...fe-Or-ingenuity-Swiss-beaten-1-800-years.html
The need was there even in ancient Roman times so they invented it ! Nice work !

 

[NDJeep]

That's awesome....!:thumbup:

 

[tnt-user]

I'll stick with victorinox.

 

[knarfeng]

Thanks mete!

 

[The Government]

Awesome! Never new the Hobo pattern was so old.

Thanks.

 

[SHADOW84]

Nice Find Mete, thats a intresting article thanks for sharing a piece of history.

 

[A.L.]

Fascinating!
Someones EDC from way past! I wonder how well that held edge?

 

[cgmblade]

Thanks for posting. The ancient Romans never cease to amaze me.

 

[cotdt]

there is rust on the blade...

 

[cgmblade]

there is rust on the blade...

Ha, there's a hunk of rust in the general shape of a blade. Too bad they didn't have H1 then. It'd still look new.

 

[Mark J]

there is rust on the blade...

Obviously ran out of Tuff-Glide.



Seriously, that is a really cool find.

- Mark

 

[yobbos1]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...fe-Or-ingenuity-Swiss-beaten-1-800-years.html

1800 years old. Cool huh?

 

[rpn]

Thats a trip!

 

[EricWL]

You should see a comparison of ancient roman tools to the modern counterparts, scissors, surgical tools like scalpels & retractors, etc. Not a whole lot of difference.

 

[alittle_edgy]

Thanks for posting. I had this article but wasn't even sure where to post it. Fascinating, though.

 

[PG5768]

I saw that article, too. There are some pretty funny comments at the bottom of the article. Amazing how clever the Romans were. There is even a company selling reproductions of the Cambridge version. Link

The main difference is brass instead of silver for the handle and tools.

 

[The Government]

It is good to know that the ancients had dedicated EDC tools. That looks like the equivalent of what we call the Hobo pattern.

Thanks for the link!

PS -Ill bet they stole it from the greeks -just saying

 

[Dorito Monk]

Fascinating! Thanks for the link! Those wacky Romans never cease to amaze me...

And all this time, here's what I thought the 'Roman Army Knife' looked like

Has all the functions and features a Legionnaire needs: Kills Celts, Parthians, Greeks, Visigoths, and Carthaginians.

 

[fudo]

Thanks for posting that. Very interesting.

 

[Odds]

Cool. I think almost no idea nowadays is completely original. If someone has an idea, somebody somewhere (somewhen) has thought about it or is thinking about it as well. The key is to be the first to patent it and bring it to market.