Museum

The online knife museum will have pictures of some of the rarest knives you will see. If you have a knife that you would like featured here, please contact me.

The items shown below are NOT FOR SALE.

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Product Image Item Name-

Press Button with sterling silver scales and original pouch
"Presto" prototype pull-ball auto

"Presto" prototype pull-ball auto

1800s Wade & Butcher automatic

1800s Wade & Butcher automatic

1970s German paratrooper gravity knife

1970s German paratrooper gravity knife

7" Square Button Latama

7" Square Button Latama

One of 3 known to exist.
A. Feist "twist open" auto

A. Feist "twist open" auto

Twisting the ring at the rear of the knife facilitates opening and closing.
Bonsa bolsterless lever lock

Bonsa bolsterless lever lock

Bonsa gravity knife

Bonsa gravity knife

case 5161 Lever Lock

case 5161 Lever Lock

Colonial "Snappy"

Colonial "Snappy"

Colt. Reunite (pre- Coricama) folding bowie

Colt. Reunite (pre- Coricama) folding bowie

Coricama "shell wrap" handles

Coricama "shell wrap" handles

5.5 inches overall. Celluloid overlay on handles.
Early Boker 712 Lever Lock

Early Boker 712 Lever Lock

Note longer lever spring
Ethan 1953

Ethan 1953

Ethan 1953 shell wrap handles. 7" OAL.
French "Bargeon" with metal scales

French "Bargeon" with metal scales

G. Schrade 3-1/8" pull-ball prototype

G. Schrade 3-1/8" pull-ball prototype

Gold plated Flylock

Gold plated Flylock

I.W. Heysinger Novelty hunting knife (gravity knife)

I.W. Heysinger Novelty hunting knife (gravity knife)

Thanks to Paul Connor!
Italian "Ackermannchen" auto

Italian "Ackermannchen" auto

Unusual torsion spring mechanisn.
Italian pre-Rizzuto automatic

Italian pre-Rizzuto automatic

Japanese "Utica" automatic

Japanese "Utica" automatic

Latama 7" wasp body stiletto

Latama 7" wasp body stiletto

Knife has solid, flat guardĀ bolsters.
Late 1970s Bonsa 10 CM lever lock

Late 1970s Bonsa 10 CM lever lock

Late 1970s Bonsa 10 CM lever lock
metal handled vintage stiletto

metal handled vintage stiletto

Mini Coricama stiletto

Mini Coricama stiletto

Only 4.5 inches overall.
Olbertz small leverlock

Olbertz small leverlock

Olbertz lever lock.
Post- WWII German paratrooper gravity knife

Post- WWII German paratrooper gravity knife

Eickhorn manufacture. Late 1950s-mid 1960s.
Robert Klaas "Kissing Crane" coilspring auto

Robert Klaas "Kissing Crane" coilspring auto

Made in Maniago, Italy for Klass.
Schrade pull-ball

Schrade pull-ball

Schrade Sterling silver 3-3/8" auto (M.Allen)

Schrade Sterling silver 3-3/8" auto (M.Allen)

Small "Othello" German gravity knife

Small "Othello" German gravity knife

Made by Anton Wingen, Solingen.
Smallest Bonsa leverlock

Smallest Bonsa leverlock

Spanish "Aitor" lever lock

Spanish "Aitor" lever lock

Spanish "Iher" lever lock

Spanish "Iher" lever lock

Stag Boker 712

Stag Boker 712

Summit pull-open auto

Summit pull-open auto

Toledo folding bowie

Toledo folding bowie

Triangolo

Triangolo

Triangolo, Italy mechanical knife. Giesen & Forsthoff German patent.
Unusual German lever lock

Unusual German lever lock

Red celluloid scales with parachute shroud cutter blade.
Venier (LePre brand) folding bowie

Venier (LePre brand) folding bowie

Made for the German market.
WW II German paratrooper gravity knife

WW II German paratrooper gravity knife

Weyersberg manufacture.
Puma 1954 lever lock

Puma 1954 lever lock

1960s Indiana camper

1960s Indiana camper

Argentine lever

Argentine lever

Chromed Bonsas

Chromed Bonsas

Neal Punchard picture
Bonsa OTFs

Bonsa OTFs

Pearlex coilspring lockback

Pearlex coilspring lockback

French OTF

French OTF

Single action out the front knife
Grafrath gravity

Grafrath gravity

Klaas OTF

Klaas OTF

In 1982, Robert Klaas acquired the assets of Bonsa. This model was continued from the Bonsa product line. The knife has a painted metal handle.