Multi-blades that are not SAK's..........

[Ray S]

Although the Swiss Army Knife or SAK as it is more commonly known here is one of the most popular knives ever manufactured ,there were many other makers that offered a multi-bladed multi-use knife many years prior to their introduction.
Some of these were what came to be known as the,"scout/utility" pattern and were designed as an everyday work knife while others were designed to be used in the maintenance of horses(utilizing hoof picks for removing stones from an animal's hooves and tools for repairing harnesses)and others a so-called,"gent's knives"with fancy pearl handles and tools for trimming one's fingernails and the ends of a cigar. Still others were fitted with tools for serving bottled wine and/or champagne.Some were designed with hunters in mind that sported blades used for general skinning and caping(removing the hide of the animal without punching holes in it)and cutting through bones.
Some even tried to combine a multitude of these tasks in one knife and while impressive looking usually failed miserably.Others tried to show their skills as cutlers and installed as many blades,tools and whatever as possible and these came to be known as,"exhibition knives";the most famous of which was the Joseph Rodgers,"year knife".This knife had the uniqueness of having a blade added to it every year until I believe the year 1922. They even hired a person whose only job was to open each blade(all one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two of them)one at a time;clean and oil the pivot pin,and then close them.If I recall correctly this process took nearly two weeks to do!
Anyway back to the topic at hand. The knives I will be featuring here all have a minimum of five blades and most have many more.Some are modern but most are old;some dating to before 1900. Some are not in the best of shape but considering they survived at all is worthy of displaying them.
As I can only post 4 pictures at a time this will take quite a few posts so please be patient and hold off commenting until the post is complete. Hope you enjoy them.
#1 is a horseman's knife stamped,"A.Burch Celebrated Cutlery" and is likely pre-1900.I have yet to find information on this company.
#2 is stamped,"A.Kastor & Bros."and dates to the early 1900's.
#3 is stamped,"Aitor Spain" and is a modern knife with really nice stag handles.
#4 is stamped,"Amefa KL-63" and is a Dutch military issue knife.

[Ray S]

Page two:
#1 A small gent's knife marked,"A*1 Tyler Celebrated Cutlery" pre-1900.A so-called,"Sunday knife" to be carried in the vest pocket.
#2Marked,"Blaw-Knox" I like to call this a "Champagne pattern" as many of the ones I have are of French origin.
#3 "Brookes & Crookes" Sunday knife with miniature corkscrew.These were used to open medicine and/or perfume bottles which had corks.This was before screw top caps were invented.
#4 An elaborated Champagne pattern by Eloi Pernet of France;mostly famous for their old French "coin knives"

[Ray S]

Page three:
#1 A Japanese made multi-blade likely from the 1950's by Ameike.These are of better quality than the usual knives of that era.
#2 Champagne pattern by G. Peter of France.Back springs are fancy.Wish the knife was in better shape.
#3 Geo. Wostenholm horseman's knife.Amazing condition for a knife made around 1900.
#4 Gustav Voss 6 blade utility knife.

[Ray S]

Page four:
#1 H.W.Mason Sheffield eight blade congress pattern.Wish this one was in better shape but you don't see many old knives with this many blades.
#2 Henr. Boker 6 blade utility knife.
#3 Stamped,"High Carbon Steel"(likely made by Camillus) it sports 5 blades.
#4 Stamped,"Hoffritz Holland" looks to be German made.

[Ray S]

Page five:
#1 Stamped "J.A.Henckels"with horn handles.
#2 House of Cutlery France #1
#3 House of Cutlery France #2. These are low end models.
#4 Imperial 5 blade official Boy Scout knife.

[Ray S]

Page six:
#1 A pair of small multi-blades by Imperial.
#2 Folding hunter's knife by Keystone Germany.Blade with rounded tip is for caping.
#3 A Swedish multi-blade with etched metal handles and a gold wash(mostly worn away).
#4 A good quality Champagne pattern by MD Inox.

[Ray S]

Page seven:
#1 Mikov multi-blade with faux stag handles.
#2 Miller's Best Germany multi-blade.
#3 A pair of miniature multi-blades by Mitsoboshi Japan.
#4 A mystery knife.Stamped with marks that look like a British broad arrow combined with a language I do not know.Some speculated it might be from India and issued to Indian troops when England ruked them.

[Ray S]

Page eight and the last one for now.
#1 A fisherman's knife by Jos. Rodgers for Abercrombie & Fitch featuring a folding scale.
#2 A seventeen blade display knife made in Italy.
#3 Stamped Tonerini Scarperia Italy a nice hunter's knife with shot shell extractors on the bolsters.
#4 A many bladed knife stamped,"W.H.Morley" circa 1900.

[ReamerPunch]

Page five:
#4 Imperial 5 blade official Boy Scout knife.

What a lovely Phillips driver!

I love all these, thanks for taking the time to share. Those horseman's knives, man, they're so beautiful.

[pfrsantos]

What a lovely Phillips driver!

I love all these, thanks for taking the time to share. Those horseman's knives, man, they're so beautiful.

+1

Thanks!

 

[SteveC]

Always interesting to see what's in your collection Ray, thanks for sharing !     

[Ray S]

Samoa multi-blades from the vault:
#1A.Kastor & Bros. #1
#2 A.Kastor & Bros. #2
#3 Difenthal hunter.
#4 Jet Aer G-96 multiblade

[Ray S]

Mo' Samoa 2
#1 Guidesman multi-blade
#2 Kastor Bros.(unmarked)with horn handles.
#3 Kershaw multi-blade.
#4 High Carbon Steel #2(this one has a different shield and a broken awl blade).

[Ray S]

Still Mo' Samoa
#1 Another Noxi Champagne knife;this one has smooth metal handles.
#2 A Russian made multi-blade.Numbers on the handle are the price(3 kopeks 75 rubles).
#3 Syracuse Knife Co. Poland multi-blade.
#4 Ten blade trapper(basically 2 f blade trappers on a common frame)from Pakistan.A display knife.

[Borg]

I love the two mini Japanese ones, what a fantastic collection you have 

[Ray S]

Thanks for the kind words.If you liked the two Mitsoboshi knives then you will probably like this one as well. Don't know why I didn't include it before.
I had thought about including four blade knives as well in this post but it would have made it far too long.

[David]

Lots of amazing knives Ray. Thank you for showing them to us!              

[Ray S]

Thanks to all who replied. In case no one is familiar with the Rodgers Year Knife here is a(not too good)picture of it.

[kottskrapa]

Really cool collection! Thanks for sharing

[It's not failure if you learn something from it]

[Borg]

Thanks for the kind words.If you liked the two Mitsoboshi knives then you will probably like this one as well. Don't know why I didn't include it before.
I had thought about including four blade knives as well in this post but it would have made it far too long.

Nice, i like how the scissors are mounted 

[pfrsantos]

Thanks to all who replied. In case no one is familiar with the Rodgers Year Knife here is a(not too good)picture of it.

I'd get one, if it came with a sheath...