That thumbstud on the can opener was a cool thought, regardless of execution. Makes you want to put one on all the tools in a MT!!!
In trying to determine the manufacturer of this knife, I found some posts on a knife forum saying that the 'YAX' is for Yaxell, a Japanese manufacturer. I have also seen a few knives of similar design dated to the mid 1960s, and others stating 1970s. If anyone can add or assist in a better identification for this knife, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm honestly a little shocked how little information I could dig up on this thing.
Quote from: Lynn LeFey on April 05, 2018, 05:35:43 PMIn trying to determine the manufacturer of this knife, I found some posts on a knife forum saying that the 'YAX' is for Yaxell, a Japanese manufacturer. I have also seen a few knives of similar design dated to the mid 1960s, and others stating 1970s. If anyone can add or assist in a better identification for this knife, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm honestly a little shocked how little information I could dig up on this thing.Looking at your photos I'm almost certain I've seen some "pliery" MTs that are very similar in construction. I'm thinking of a group of older MTs with non-folding pliers, some were labelled HUBEO (Solingen, Germany), others Seaboard (France), L'Electric (France), Executive Line (Italy) and Hi-Test (Japan). I'll have to have a dig through my "OLD2" box and see which one matches most closely. I'll let you know what I find.
I had a good look at my old ones, and while I have a couple that looked superficially similar, once I looked closely at the details none were close enough to make me think they were made by the same manufacturer. Sorry I couldn't help.