What kind of knife is this?

Oh, hey!

Welcome!

Do you have an account with a photo-sharing site? I use Imgur, and I try to steer people away from Photobucket because they've taken to piracy.

We love pictures, as a general rule, and pictures really (really) help when trying to identify a knife.

Full sunlight is good, and if you can get some close-up, glare-free shots of any writing or markings on the blade, that can be helpful.

Finally, as a note, those of us down here at the "poor user" end of the pool can't directly attach photos to our posts: that privilege is for Basic members and above.
 
Thanks! I edited the original thread with a couple of links to the pictures. Are you able to see them?

My wife checked over the knife really well and couldn’t find any markings of any kind.
 
marcinek said:
Welcome. Its crap. Sorry.

That rusting and that handle means "crappy Pakistani Rambo-style knife."
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Haha... thanks. It was found in the dirt under a bush in our yard, so we doubted it would be anything significant, but war relics have been found in our area in stranger places.
 
Wow, Apple. Le Fancy.

Yeah, what Marcinek said: that rainbow handle is usually called "pakkawood".

I'm serious.

These things have been around since Christ was a cowboy. Usually retail for $11 to $20, depending on how classy the flea market is. Steel is either too soft to hold an edge, or too hard to be used for "big knife" things, and the stock is usually too thin to be taken seriously, in either case.

If you want to try and restore it for kicks and giggles, then it might be worth it. Unfortunately, it's only "value" would be as an experiment, to see what you can do to bring it back.

Edit: or Dymondwood, sometimes. There are some respectable makers who use Dymondwood, and I didn't want to cause confusion.

Yep. Found it. The Frost Cutlery "Crocodile Bowie II"

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Dang... there was a sliver of hope that I could buy a few starbucks lattes with the cold hard cash from this thing. I told my wife to make a few facebook jokes and then toss it in the can before we get tetanus or something. Keep diggin’, Spot... there’s treasure somewhere in that mulch! LOL.
 
l1ranger said:
on a more serious note - how do you train your dog to sniff out knives?
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Haha! He's a highly-trained, 5-month old, floppy, klutzy, knife-hunting, Australian Shepherd rescue pup. I think he was more interested in chewing on the mulch he was digging up and just happened to find this fine piece of cutlery.
 
I know those colored wood laminates are cheesy but I like them for the same reason I like bowling shirts and two-tone wingtips. Sadly, I don't have much call for any of that in real life. If I found a decent knife with reasonable steel in this handle material, I'd consider it.

Here's to hoping your dog digs up some more valuable relics in the future.
 
;) Return it to the Earth from which it came ...only deeper ! :p
 
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