Kinfolks identification

[Leo7504]

This Kinfolks knife has a 5 in blade, can anyone I’d what model or the approximate age of this knife. Could it be a pilot knife? I thought the guard was bent but I think this may be the intended shape?

[Gunsil]

Cool old knife, not military, probably just before WW2 or a little after. WW2 Kinfolks have no aluminum or brass on them. The guard has been bent, knife did not come from the factory like that. I am away for another week so I can't look at the Kinfolks book to try to find model number. Photo of the pommel end might help, might not.

[Leo7504]

Ok, Gunsil, I’ve posted a few more pics. Let me know if you can provid3 any more info.

[Gunsil]

Brass pommel nut indicates before "about" 1947-48 when Kinfolks went to a lot of lead plugs to secure the pommel. Nobody knows the exact date of the change but it seems to be after the war. I was hoping somebody who has the Kinfolks book by Dean Case would chime in with a model number since I am away from my knife library. The book has reprints of a couple of Kinfolks catalogs that sometimes help determining model numbers and factory variations. Not all Kinfolks models are shown but a lot are. I think knife is most likely pre-war.

[Leo7504]

I obtained access to that Kinfolks book and the 1939 Catalog describes a Model 925 with a 5 in blood groove blade,heavy back and keen edge, double non-slip guard and extra long indestructible handle, length overall to 9 1/2 inches. It also states that this model has been selected for US aircraft equipment. So Gunsil your intuition was dead on, and it seems that this model may have been the precursor to the AAC model. There is also a similar looking one in the 1958 catalog, but I am not familiar with the differences in the knives of the successor company.

[Wildman77]

That is the pilot’s I think it’s a 93,25 or 925 the model and I believe that they stop using brass during the war, so anything with brass was made before the war

[Madmarco]

to AAPK Wildman!