Roman Folders

[Tengu]

Saw a pic today of one found in Bath...Theres also one in Caerleon museum.

Has anyone ever done a Roman style penknife?

 

[Shovel]

Don't they just look like your standard peasant knife design, but with different handle materials? I know some had a partial tang like the svord peasant and some just rotate freely.

 

[Tengu]

The one in the pics handle was ivory but the one in the museums was fretted brass (often the only bit to survive)

 

[Dave Budd]

are you talking about the multi bladed swiss army knife ones? They are very cool I've seen a few replicas of them ut can't think who made them right now.

 

[Jared]

MDF over on BB made a replica of the Fitzwilliam Museum's Roman Swiss Army (KFS) knife.

http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opa...html?&priref=70534&_function_=xslt&_limit_=50

Sadly his pictures of the process have been deleted off photobucket it seems.

 

[Tengu]

I was thinking about the plain folders, not the high tech stuff.

 

[milius2]

The world keeps impressing me all the time had a laugh when I saw the Roman swiss army knife! How cool is that!!!

 

[alex.c]

according to this http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/01/every-man-should-carry-a-pocket-knife/ the romans made the
first pocket knives.
Cheers.
Alex.
p.s sorry if people already knew this

 

[boatman]

A folding knife was found at Hallstatt, 500ish BC.

 

[paul atkin]

Steve Wagstaff not of this forum makes good replica roman folders, he has no website but if you want his contact details just pm me Paul

 

[Dave Budd]

I'd forgotten Steve had made some. I think he makes the brass handled ones? There are also some nice simple bone handled folders

 

[tomongoose]

I found this thread via google and it has a few pics of a couple of different styles
http://anthrocivitas.net/forum/showthread.php?t=9193

 

[paul atkin]

I'd forgotten Steve had made some. I think he makes the brass handled ones? There are also some nice simple bone handled folders

steve sure does the brass ones, i am not familiar with the bone ones ,do you have a picture please

 

[Dave Budd]

this one comes to mind. 3rd Century AD from Germany

 

[paul atkin]

this one comes to mind. 3rd Century AD from Germany

Cheers Dave, any info of where it was found ect

 

[Dave Budd]

sorry, don't know anything other than "German 3rd century". I found the picture somewhere and got that info in the file name I think it was from a forum post somewhere else that was posted by a maker