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Bonsa Fishing Knife.

us Offline cody6268

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Bonsa Fishing Knife.
on: November 24, 2017, 03:18:35 AM
The main focus of my collection (which I find it a bit hard to stay with), is knives made before 1970 (when collecting started to be a thing, and quality started to decline).  I especially like the odd multifunction knives of the era.   Many used ideas that would later be used on other more well known knives. Valley Forge's plier knife used pliers similar to what Vic would use nearly 70 years later. The Barnett Plier Knife's odd combination of pliers on the end of the handle would be seen again more than 80 years later on the SOG Toolclip and Kutmaster Multimaster. Two German tools would be the predecessors of two modern tools, the butterfly style known by Leatherman, and this knife, the Bonsa Fisherman's Knife has a configuration that would later be used by Wenger (Victorinox) and Buck (and it's dozens of low quality copycats).

Recently, I found one on the 'Bay and won it for under $20. Despite being rough, what surprises me is that the stone isn't broken (on 90 percent of fisherman's knives the hook sharpening stone has fallen out), and the tweezers are still there.

Since I don't have it yet, I'm using the seller's photos.



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Re: Bonsa Fishing Knife.
Reply #1 on: November 24, 2017, 11:52:46 PM
Intersting one!  :cheers:

Around the same size as todays SAKs?
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Re: Bonsa Fishing Knife.
Reply #2 on: November 25, 2017, 02:29:44 AM
Intersting one!  :cheers:

Around the same size as todays SAKs?

In J-Sew's "Before there was Leatherman" series on here, he mentions that it had a 3.5-inch blade, so I'm guessing it's pretty big. The seller didn't provide any measurements, so that's something I'll have to figure out when it gets here.


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Re: Bonsa Fishing Knife.
Reply #3 on: November 25, 2017, 08:28:08 AM
Yes, that sounds longer - then again as it is a fishing knife that makes sense. Good find :)

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Re: Bonsa Fishing Knife.
Reply #4 on: November 25, 2017, 03:32:19 PM
That was a good find (and at an excellent price).  These don't come up for sale very often, so well done !   :tu:
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Re: Bonsa Fishing Knife.
Reply #6 on: November 26, 2017, 06:35:51 PM
I am in love! Do you have a fishing MT thread?

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Re: Bonsa Fishing Knife.
Reply #7 on: November 26, 2017, 10:19:12 PM
I am in love! Do you have a fishing MT thread?

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Not at present, but because I have a few, that's something I really need to get started on.


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Re: Bonsa Fishing Knife.
Reply #8 on: November 26, 2017, 10:58:31 PM
The main focus of my collection (which I find it a bit hard to stay with), is knives made before 1970 (when collecting started to be a thing, and quality started to decline).  I especially like the odd multifunction knives of the era.   Many used ideas that would later be used on other more well known knives. Valley Forge's plier knife used pliers similar to what Vic would use nearly 70 years later. The Barnett Plier Knife's odd combination of pliers on the end of the handle would be seen again more than 80 years later on the SOG Toolclip and Kutmaster Multimaster. Two German tools would be the predecessors of two modern tools, the butterfly style known by Leatherman, and this knife, the Bonsa Fisherman's Knife has a configuration that would later be used by Wenger (Victorinox) and Buck (and it's dozens of low quality copycats).

Recently, I found one on the 'Bay and won it for under $20. Despite being rough, what surprises me is that the stone isn't broken (on 90 percent of fisherman's knives the hook sharpening stone has fallen out), and the tweezers are still there.

Since I don't have it yet, I'm using the seller's photos.

How the smurf did I miss this?!?!!??  Nice get!
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