Two unusual folders, let's see yours.

[T. Erdelyi]

First is an Electricins Knife with a built in level for levelin' panel and boxes, this sucker is beefy with the best layout of tools, even though it's made in Pakistan it is made very well.

Next is a Imperial Equal End Jack with a ignitition key blank for a GM ignition from the 60s.

I love unusual patterns in the traditional style, what do ya got?

 

[wagglebee]

The Imperial Jack with the GM ignition blank is pretty interesting, it's surprising that the print never got worn off. Are the scales MOP or just made to look like it?

 

[T. Erdelyi]

The Imperial Jack with the GM ignition blank is pretty interesting, it's surprising that the print never got worn off. Are the scales MOP or just made to look like it?

It's a tin shell handled knife with a plastic covering made to look like pearl, these knives are around but to find one uncut is a great find, now I just gotta get me a 1970 El Camino with a 454 and I'll get the key cut for myself.

 

[orca8589]

Man, I love utility-scout-tool type knives, and that Paki with the level is just plain k-e-w-l. I've seen a few Paki's on the 'bay that looked to be pretty well put together, better than in the past.

As for mine, I'll have to look through my collection.

thx - cpr

 

[wagglebee]

It's a tin shell handled knife with a plastic covering made to look like pearl, these knives are around but to find one uncut is a great find, now I just gotta get me a 1970 El Camino with a 454 and I'll get the key cut for myself.

Nah, you need a 1969 GTO.

 

[HotSwat]

I love that knife with the key! That's awesome.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Here's another neat one, a Scout style knife with a built in fire starter.

 

[Tom_123]

That’s my kind of thread, I like unusual knives, though I don’t have much yet.
The Electrician Knife is real cool, is this still available somewhere?

Ok, here are mine:

Talking about Pakistan, here is a sort of a horseman knife.
Build quality is nothing to write home about but still quite a nice one:

I don’t know if this is considered unusual, a damascus trapper, also made in Pakistan
and of decent quality:

Again, with the new hype about cotton samplers, this might not be all that unusual.
Bulldog brand cotton sampler:

 

[orca8589]

Here's two of mine:

A 'SAK' (Spanish Army Knife) next to a regular Swiss type (Huntsman):

A small handmade (Japanese) utility knife, it looks terrible up close, but there are neat little touches, like scissors that actually work . . .

and - get this - filework on the liners inside:

thx - cpr

 

[somniloquist]

This is my oddest traditional knife. It's a Cattaraugus and there are two strange things about it. One is the fact that it has a Philips screwdriver on the backspring, much like SAK. Another is that the lock for the main blade disengages by pushing the smaller blade into the knife. I like to trick people sometimes and see if they can figure out how to close it!

 

[T. Erdelyi]

That'a a neat knife like the lockin' main blade.

It's a shame that setup and manufacturin' cost are so high that the traditional companies don't experiment with unusual patterns.

 

[T. Erdelyi]

Hwere's a couple of other neat ones:

A Lighter Knife

Late 1800s early 1900s Timber Scribe, used to mark wood and barrels for shipping cargo, also known as a (Raze, Raise,sp?) knife:

The Timber Scribe is not necessarily odd but in olden days it was a matter of form and function.

Now a days a Sharpie does the same job.