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An unusual knife. Can anyone help in identification, etc?

I picked up a knife that to me appears to be a bit on the unusual side.  Photos tell the story better than I can.  The tang is stamped with KB in a circle.  Here it is:

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Permalink Reply by George R Naugle on July 13, 2025 at 18:02

a second photo:

Permalink Reply by George R Naugle on July 20, 2025 at 16:02

A guy at our local knife club meeting thought it might be a tobacco knife.  I was hoping that some of the more experienced older members might shed some light on this one.  It is cerrtainly an interesting old knife, at least it is to me.

I have since polished the litte bit of rust off of the area where the tang stamp is.

Permalink Reply by Kevin D on July 20, 2025 at 16:25

I have never seen the like.  That blade shape is completely new to me.

But I am not a big folder guy either.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on August 6, 2025 at 12:49

modified sheepsfoot?

Permalink Reply by George R Naugle on August 7, 2025 at 6:18

About  as close as anything else, Jan.  You may be right.  Thanks for the insight.

Permalink Reply by George R Naugle on May 24, 2026 at 5:58

Could it be a "rope knife?"

Permalink Reply by Kevin D on May 24, 2026 at 7:15

The only 'rope' knives I have heard of, are sailor's knives.  But the ones of those I have seen have a little more of a 'cleaver' like blade.  That pronounced hump on the spine is throwing me off.


2021 CalendarPermalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on May 29, 2026 at 12:23

Looks like a budding knife, to me, George. 

Perhaps a Victorinox clone.

KB, I have no idea.

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