All About Pocket Knives

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:36 pm If you like tools and riggers, here's a few you may enjoy.
Top Row: 1)George Ibberson, Sheffield, 2) Capt. Charles Currey, Chichester,England
Bottom row: 1)Joseph Rodgers Sheffield, 2) KA BAR, 3) Schrade, 4) ABL-Colin Winand, 1951, England, 5) Sealine, USA, (West Marine Brand)
To a sailor and fisherman, these are very useful, especially the "marlin spike". Great for untying tight knots. The term "marlin" refers to the light line used to whip rope ends, as opposed to the fish. The slotted blade and handle are shackle keys for stuck or tight shackle pins. J.O'.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sat Sep 19, 2020 6:36 pm If you like tools and riggers, here's a few you may enjoy.
Top Row: 1)George Ibberson, Sheffield, 2) Capt. Charles Currey, Chichester,England
Bottom row: 1)Joseph Rodgers Sheffield, 2) KA BAR, 3) Schrade, 4) ABL-Colin Winand, 1951, England, 5) Sealine, USA, (West Marine Brand)
To a sailor and fisherman, these are very useful, especially the "marlin spike". Great for untying tight knots. The term "marlin" refers to the light line used to whip rope ends, as opposed to the fish. The slotted blade and handle are shackle keys for stuck or tight shackle pins. J.O'.

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:02 pm I went looking to affirm my information on these knives was correct and learned something new in the process.

The new (to me) information is - The generic term for these knives is "Sailor's knife" or "Sailing knife". I did not know that.

What I was affirming was this. "The ones with locking spikes are known as rigger's knives, while the ones with non-locking spikes are known as yachtsman's knives."
https://neuseriversailors.com/special_f ... nives.html

Since it's "didja know" time, the Marlin in Marlin Spike has nothing to do with the billed fish. It's actually a name for the tool "Shaped in the form of a polished metal cone tapered to a rounded or flattened point, it is used in such tasks as unlaying rope for splicing, untying knots, drawing marline tight using a marlinspike hitch, and as a toggle joining ropes under tension in a belaying pin splice."

marline (plural marlines)
1.A light cord or rope used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.

2.Twine used similarly.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/marline

And

"Sailors who become proficient at knot tying, splicing, and sewing using the marlinspike are said to have mastered marlinespike seamanship, earning them the right to be known as marlin spikes or marlinspike seamen."

So now ya know. School dismissed.

Ridgegrass wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 11:36 pm Knife7nut.. Love the one with the shackle key in the handle. Who made it? J.O'.