Traditional german rigger knife - C.Lüters&CIE

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Hello!
I just came back from holidays in Hamburg - Germany.
In the famous port you can visit a 3-mast sailor from 1896 with a little museum.
In the museum I found some riggerknives, mostly from C.Lütters (Loewenmesser). Lütters still produces them exactly like 150 ago, for northsea fishermen, in many places Loewenmesser is synonym for a knife.

Here I show you my new one I bought in a nice little shop right at the harbour, beside an old one with about 100 years.
a little over 3mm carbon steel, palisander handle, steel rivets.
nothing fancy, just a simple, rugged working knife, like it has been using for over 150 years, all over the world.

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regards
surfer
 
Simple working tools for the working man.

The more things change, the more they remain the same. Maybe thats why they still make Opinels, Douk-Douk's, and Mercators.
 
Surfer, thank you for the photograph and the information on those traditional knives. They look like they are the perfect tool for most needs no matter where a person lives. Can you tell me more about the pocket or folding knife shown below the sheath knife in your picture? It looks like one I've seen in a catalog or two from American companies, and I've been tempted to order one for myself.

Amen again to what you said, Jackknife. You always hit the bullseye. :thumbup:
 
Thanks from here too. Great to see the comparison showing how nothings changed on a knife meant to work hard for hard working people. I can practically hear out "Folksy" choir singing in the background. :D

I just posted in another thread about the Russell Green River knife before coming to this thread. Pretty much the same thing on a different continent. Simple, practical, working patterns that worked then and work now.

Oh yeah, what about that folder?
 
That is a really cool knife. Btw, I wonder how the fisherman never needed gurards on the knife, not even a choil. That's hardcore
 
Those two look like they could handle anything that came at them work-wise and more. The fixed blade does remind me of a "Green River".

What type of blade is on that folder? A big sheepsfoot?
 
You're right Bastid and kidwholaughs,
the folder is a rigging knife too, with a carbon sheepfoot blade and halfstops.
It is my EDC since about 2 years and has a nice, deep grey patina.
the slippie you show kidwholaughs is made by Otter-Messer, mine is made by Lütters&CIE (Loewenmesser).
I really like, that on that slippie, everything will rust and age, blade, bolsters, liners, spring, rivets... no stainless at all.
anker_gross3.jpg

the top one is for colection, the other one my EDC.

regards
surfer
 
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