Was Nessmuk from Solingen?

[Raymond1000]

These knives came up in the Traditional forum. I hope it’s okay to post this link. http://www.messer-mit-tradition.de/unternehmen.php

Click the link, and look under Editionen. The second entry is Unikate aus Tradition. Click on that and the third knife visible is called a Parmoulein.

I don’t know what it is in Germany. To American eyes it’s a wooden handled Nessmuk.

Did Robert Herder crib from George Washington Searls?

Did Sears borrow his knife pattern from a traditional German butcher knife?

How old is the Nessmuk pattern?

Where did it really come from?

Does anybody read German?

 

[Falcor]

My German is a little rusty - but that knife is not a butchers knife but a cheese knife - Kase means cheese and Messer means knife -i n full it is a Parmesan and Cheese Knife, the rest is that it is rostfrei - rustfree - stainless steel of Chrome Moly, etc and of the three handle types available, Olive is out of stock so if you want one it will take 2-4 weeks.

 

[Hawkings]

My German is a little rusty - but that knife is not a butchers knife but a cheese knife - Kase means cheese and Messer means knife -i n full it is a Parmesan and Cheese Knife, the rest is that it is rostfrei - rustfree - stainless steel of Chrome Moly, etc and of the three handle types available, Olive is out of stock so if you want one it will take 2-4 weeks.

Yes, cheese knife.
Maybe Nessmuk ate alot of cheese

 

[Esav Benyamin]

The Nessmuk is a small skinner which can also be seen as a butcher's knife. The broad upswept portion also makes it a handy kitchen knife: cut, and then use it to scoop up what you've cut, or spread condiments on a sandwich, like a spatula. Evidently, this is what the German knife you've found is sold as.

 

[Raymond1000]

Sears goes to great lengths to explain how he had his double bit pocket axe made. He makes no such claim about his knife. “The one shown in the cut is thin in the blade and handy for skinning, cutting meat, or eating with.” I wonder if he bought it at some German restaurant supply house?

 

[mete]

This is a standard pattern parmesan cheese knife .The design has been around for many years. A short stiff blade - two or more are used to split the large hard cheese by pushing the tip into the wheel of cheese ,wedging apart the wheel.

 

[Kismet]

Always thought the "Nessmuk" design by Sears was a traditional skinner with the upswept tip broken off and ground down to keep it functional.

No way of knowing, but so much romance connected with the diminuative writer be very hard to tell.

Be safe. Cut your cheese privately.

 

[savagesicslayer]

http://www.messer-mit-tradition.de/windmuehlenmesser-details.php?artikel_nummer=9219.1971.04

 

[Raymond1000]

This is a standard pattern parmesan cheese knife .The design has been around for many years. A short stiff blade - two or more are used to split the large hard cheese by pushing the tip into the wheel of cheese ,wedging apart the wheel.

Ah, but can you baton it through an elk?

 

[Ramm9]

Always thought the "Nessmuk" design by Sears was a traditional skinner with the upswept tip broken off and ground down to keep it functional.

No way of knowing, but so much romance connected with the diminuative writer be very hard to tell.

Be safe. Cut your cheese privately.

I agree, looks like it was a modified Russell Green River Skinner with a ground tip, like these...

That cheese knife sure does have the right lines.