All About Pocket Knives

Yesterday afternoon, I completed a NON-cutlery related purchase with an acquaintance of mine. He threw in this pocket knife as part of the deal. It will definitely get added to my general, "foreign born", pocket knife accumulation. It is an UNKNOWN (to me), one blade, one tool (a can opener), 3 5/8" closed (not including the bail), one handle stamp, all metal, pocket knife. This pocket knife does not have a spring. The bend in the body of the knife is the "spring." The blade does NOT have a half stop. The blade does NOT have an opening snap. The blade does NOT have a closing snap. The can opener (it resembles a P38 can opener), performs as intended. The main handle side says nothing. The other handle side has what appears to be Japanese writing, symbols or characters. I am NOT an expert and I have NO knowledge regarding Asian writing, symbols, or characters. If the handle stamp is NOT Japanese, then I believe that it is .....? The other examples of this particular pattern or style of pocket knife that I found online, were described as being WW2, Japanese soldier, pocket knives. I did NOT clean this pocket knife at all. I just wiped it off. I took some pictures and here it is.
Caption(s), if any, are on the BOTTOM of the corresponding picture(s).
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I have never seen a knife exactly like that one Skip.

doglegg wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:40 pm I.....

Floyd, until I saw this one, neither did I.
If you Google "Imperial Japanese Army WW2 Pocket Knife", you will see some.