Mystery Vintage Farmer Knife

jaydar · **on:** November 07, 2015, 10:38:50 PM

I was chatting to a gentleman at a flea market the other week and he asked me what I made of this its a farmer style knife but a very unusual tool set.

The blade has been sharpened and is a little short but appears to fit the knife very well ... at first we though it may be a replacement blade in a non Vic frame , the saw looked fine and the scales look pretty standard the short blade looks fine but there is a spacer inser rather than a tool which is odd.

The tang stamp on the blade suggests 1930's

Any info greatly received

I will try and get some more pics with the tools open

firiki · **Reply #1 on:** November 07, 2015, 10:47:02 PM

The only thing I can say is that I like this knife very much! In fact,

I could also say I can solve mysteries by touching at an objet related to them and that you could send it over to me to give it a try but seriously, perhaps they just had to make the blade fit so as not to throw it away? Things were artisanal at the time, after all.

Rich S · **Reply #2 on:** November 07, 2015, 10:50:53 PM

Similar knife in the Vic 1903 catalog. But I suspect the style was made well into the '30's or 40's. I think (?) that tang stamp is circa 1930's. Great find!

Rich

ColoSwiss · **Reply #3 on:** November 08, 2015, 04:56:05 AM

Nothing similar in my notes. Is that a spacer or a broken off blade thats been ground down?

ulli · **Reply #4 on:** November 08, 2015, 08:47:17 AM

Really cool knife! Whats the total lenght of it? I think it should be 100 mm.

For me it looks like original victorinox out of the farmer/peasant serie.

Its something between a Nr. 2/32 and a 1/34. The number 34 existed only in 112 mm, but has instead of the small blade a can opener.