All About Pocket Knives

Picked this up off the Bay. Seemed like a good one to spend some time looking into. Problem is…I’m not finding information anywhere. It seems crude, but also like it could have been military. Has a few markings on it that I believe are the number 2 over U 1-35 on both sides of the handle. The saw/blade is thick at 1/8th inch. Closed it measures about 4 5/8th inches. Any Thoughts?

Possibly Russian. The numbers l was told on Russian knives indicate the price allowed to be charged. This was before the fall of the Soviet Union.

That’s the gnarliest serration that I’ve ever seen - is it a saw or a knife

It started out in life as a folding knife, someone replaced the blade with a homemade "saw" blade.

If you look at the back spring with the blade closed it is sticking way out beyond the liners.

Also, the pin is crudely fashioned.

knife7knut wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 9:22 pm Possibly Russian. The numbers l was told on Russian knives indicate the price allowed to be charged. This was before the fall of the Soviet Union.

Thanks Knife7knut! I was thinking it was Eastern Europe-ish as well.

bestgear wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 9:27 pm That’s the gnarliest serration that I’ve ever seen - is it a saw or a knife

Bestgear-it is an ugly specimen for sure! Definitely was intended to be a saw of some sort.

Miller Bro's wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 10:33 pm It started out in life as a folding knife, someone replaced the blade with a homemade "saw" blade.

If you look at the back spring with the blade closed it is sticking way out beyond the liners.

Also, the pin is crudely fashioned.

Thanks Miller Bro’s! It certainly is a crude one. Any chance at all that it was/is Military from Russia? And it is the original saw/blade? Thoughts?

That would work better for scaling fish than as a saw or a knife.

knife7knut wrote: ↑Thu Mar 06, 2025 9:22 pm Possibly Russian. The numbers l was told on Russian knives indicate the price allowed to be charged. This was before the fall of the Soviet Union.

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OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 7:02 pm That would work better for scaling fish than as a saw or a knife.

In my opinion, that's exactly what it's designed for.
I've never seen one like this and I can't determine if it was made like this or if it's someone's modification.

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Eustace wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 8:29 pm

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 7:02 pm That would work better for scaling fish than as a saw or a knife.

In my opinion, that's exactly what it's designed for.
I've never seen one like this and I can't determine if it was made like this or if it's someone's modification.

I could see it as a fish scaler too for maybe something like carp. Thanks guys!