Vintage Hammer Brand question

Joined
Jan 18, 2017
Messages
36
Hi,
I picked up this Hammer Brand knife this week particularly because I had never seen a knife with the brass tab on it. After cleaning it up and checking it out, I can't quite figure out what the purpose of the brass tab is, unless something is missing. If it is to unlock the blade, it only stops the blade when it is closing, at 90 degrees.

What can you tell me?

IMG_5884 by William Clark, on Flickr

Thanks!
BuddyC
 
Back
Top