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mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:04 pm
by nativek
I have a small pocket knife. I have had it for a number of years and cannot recall where it came from. Has anyone ever heard of a knife brand / company called pirat?... this is written across the blade and stamp on the bottom at bolster is E122. Does any one have info on it?
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:17 pm
by Dinadan
I have never heard of it. A couple of photos showing the whole knife and the stamp or etches might help.
Welcome to the forum, nativek!
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:24 pm
by TwoFlowersLuggage
Like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kxD056UFbU
Sometimes what is stamped on the blade is not the brand name, it might mean "steel" or "stainless" or something like that in whatever language the steel came from. Or, sometimes it is a city or region where that knife came from. For example, some Italian stilettos are stamped "INOX" and "Milano", signifying the blade is stainless and from the city of Milano, which is known for it's cutlery.
Edit: According to google translate, "Pirat" is Romanian for Pirate...
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:31 pm
by nativek
here are a couple pictures
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:43 pm
by nativek
Thanks for the welcome
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 11:57 pm
by TwoFlowersLuggage
I'm going to guess Pakistan - just based on the file work on the spine and the multi-colored handle.
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:50 am
by nativek
Pakistan was my guess but the name was throwing me off and the little knife is really very nice and very sharp and seems well-made detail wise. and not to knock all knives from Pakistan but are they any Pakistan brands better than others.
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:42 am
by FRJ
nativek wrote: knives from Pakistan but are they any Pakistan brands better than others.
Welcome nativek.
In my opinion some are worse than others.
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:11 am
by Mumbleypeg
nativek wrote:not to knock all knives from Pakistan but are they any Pakistan brands better than others.
Welcome to AAPK nativek. I don't recall ever seeing a discussion of Pakistan brands, or their relative merits.
This should be interesting.
Ken
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:43 am
by nativek
thanks, guys for the info!
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:57 pm
by XX Case XX
FRJ wrote:In my opinion some are worse than others.
That's what I like about you Joe, straight to the point...
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Mike
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:11 pm
by sam eib
If you see an Italian style stiletto marked Milano it's from the orient.
Re: mystery knife brand.. at least to me
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 8:32 pm
by TwoFlowersLuggage
sam eib wrote:If you see an Italian style stiletto marked Milano it's from the orient.
Doh! You are correct - I was actually thinking of the AGA Campolin knives from Maniago, not Milano...
http://www.agacampolin.com/classic-stiletto.html