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Comment by Tobias Gibson on May 26, 2015 at 8:25

Hi Bryan,

W hat you have is a one of the  Wichards sailing knives.  They make it with a single blade, a blade and shackler, and a third one with a marlinspike.   I have the single blade type.  They sell price new is in the $40 range which I find them pricey considering for the quality.   The blade steel is 318L Stainless which is the steel used in butter knives, teaspoons, and stainless steel mixing bowls. 

Yours is the Ref# 10052.  (mine is a #10042)

My single blade seems to open okay. My guess is the blades on yours are pretty stiff from not being used much.  I'd suggest repeatedly opening over and over and possibly rinsing the joints with scalding hot water for a while and then dousing it with a lot of WD-40 to get the water out.    Some times it is just dust and gook that is causing the blades to be hard to open.

As for the discussions, the easiest way to find a discussion is click on the "View All" tab under Discussion Forum.  The n just scan the list of all discussions.

The thread for sailing knives is at:

http://iknifecollector.com/group/knifepatterns/forum/topics/marlin-...

The thread for fishing knives is at:

http://iknifecollector.com/group/knifepatterns/forum/topics/fish-kn...

Below is my 10042, I found on eBay some time back.  I've tried sharpening but it pretty much doesn't hold much of an edge. They should have given it a similar micro-serration found on Ginzu or Cutco steak knives.

Comment by Bryan OShaughnessy on May 25, 2015 at 22:14

Getting back to fish knives (sorry, Tobias, I can't figure out how to get back to that thread), I bought this knife in an ebay auction.  (See 3 pictures below.) No marlin-spike here, but there is what appears to be a shackle wrench, incorporating another boat essential.  The main blade is partially serrated, necessary for making short work of whale blubber.  The soft-plastic handle encloses the folding function and provides a half-stop for the blades.  The handle will glow in the dark after a breif exposure to sunlight or even bathroom light, which is how I know this.  The knife came to me working correctly, but the handle was pretty dirty.  Both blades look unused and are extremely stiff; I oiled them with no improvement; I hammered a spacer-blade that I keep on the bench for opening up too-tight joints, but got no improvement.  I hesitate to go any further because the whole is enclosed with plastic; I'd hate to over-loosen the mechanism and fail to get it closed up again. Tang stamp reads: FRANCE .  Blade is stamped WICHARD, and the ad on the handle reads (in English): West Marine.  Anyway, that's my find of the week. 

Comment by Bryan OShaughnessy on May 25, 2015 at 22:00

Comment by jeff on May 21, 2015 at 10:46

shlomo, yes.. i believed they were a german company.. and the tang stamps were written in the language they were being exported to. they branched off into three different compamies tho... all in different parts of germany if i am not mistaken. the spanish american war opened up the trade for them to cuba tho.

Comment by Jan Carter on May 21, 2015 at 10:21

Some amazing info on companies and the moves they have made.  The gaucho knives are very cool!

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on May 21, 2015 at 8:48

Well it seems that I wasn't completely wrong as Weyersberg has been in Solingen since 1787 and catered to the Spanish trade quite a bit by providing knives, axes, machetes, farm tools etc. to Mexico, Central and South America, Cuba, The Philippines and Spain itself. 

They did make gaucho knives under their own stamp as well as Argentine machetes under the Corneta brand.

They were mostly supplying the bayonets for the M1889/91/93 Mausers that the Spanish forces used, as well as the South African Boers.

In 1964 they formed with another company Imacasa in El Salvador who in turn created Condor in 2004.

Comment by Michael Squier on May 21, 2015 at 8:12

Here is my Argentine Gaucho, the blade is French. 

Comment by Shlomo ben Maved on May 21, 2015 at 0:14

Sorry for the mix up but the German influence in Argentina threw and that the blades look very similar to the Gaucho knives I've got--but by different makers.

**1) Facón con S de cabo de guampa y hoja de machete.

2, 4, 7, y 8) Facón daga.

3) Facón de plata con S.

**5) Facón caronero de hoja de espada.

6) Cuchillo cabo de madera dura.

www.noroestebonaerense.com.ar

Comment by Jack on May 20, 2015 at 19:48

Thanks for the input, gents. IIRC, I did some research when I first acquired it. Of course, I cannot now find that info, but I seem to remember that the Cuban ones were so marked. But, that's just my ancient memory working, there.
In any case, I appreciate the info!

BTW, I forgot to mention that there is 'A (star figure) 1' above the maker's name. Does that help anyone?

Comment by jeff on May 20, 2015 at 19:40

typo... war not mar  ans cuba not caba.   sorry

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