Traditional Multitool

[Lion]

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Its pristine. The knife still has the factory edge and its even sharp.

Leo

 

[BJE]

That is really cool. Know any history about it such as date of manufacture?

 

[Lion]

That is really cool. Know any history about it such as date of manufacture?

Unfortunately not. As a wild guess, I'd say the 50s or 60s. This type of knife has been around over 100 years. I asked BL, but he doesn't have much to go on. All I know for sure is that it was made for Crosston Co in Sollingen Germany. It would probably help if I knew anything about Crosston. The only thing a web search has brought up so far are references to some megacorp in Hong Kong. No idea if there's any connection.

Leo

 

[BJE]

I wonder if crosston is related to cross, like they shortened their name. I think cross makes scissors, nail clippers, and tweezers. You might do a search on them and see if they shortened their name in the past.

 

[jackknife]

That looks so familiar. So 1950'sish. Somebody gave a rig like that to my dad back when I was a kid. Fold up zipper bag of tools that clip on the knife body. He never used it, put it in his sock drawer. I think it was given away to a relitive. I remember being fasinated by how neat all the tools were, but it was too much to stick in a pocket.

I guess it was the for-runner of the mulit-tool idea.

 

[kozak6]

That's quite a find!

What exactly is the round item?

What other tools are built into the bartender's tool?

 

[Sword and Shield]

Where's the blade, folded into the handle?

 

[Lion]

That's quite a find!

What exactly is the round item?

What other tools are built into the bartender's tool?

The round item is a tape measure. The other tools in the waiter's tool are a bottle opener, corkscrew and beverage can opener.

Where's the blade, folded into the handle?

Yep.

Here's another picture.

Leo

 

[Lion]

That looks so familiar. So 1950'sish. Somebody gave a rig like that to my dad back when I was a kid. Fold up zipper bag of tools that clip on the knife body. He never used it, put it in his sock drawer. I think it was given away to a relitive. I remember being fasinated by how neat all the tools were, but it was too much to stick in a pocket.

I guess it was the for-runner of the mulit-tool idea.

I'm not a kid anymore, and I'm still fascinated.

It is a bit big for most pockets. I carry mine in a leather messenger bag that I take with me everywhere. It displaced the Leatherman Charge that was there before. This kit functions just as well, if not better and has a heck of a lot more style.

Leo