Marlin spike

[biglever]

Had a small gun show this weekend in town.
Have been looking for a knife with a Marlin Spike,
Always had one when I was in the Navy. And have no idea
Where it went?
Well I found this one at the show, not US made, but it will fill the void for now

[Deadwood Dutch]

Very cool knife!

[Catherine]

Congrats on your new knife!

Cate

[Les]

Nice looking knife!

[JEBar]

interesting .... first time I've ever seen one

[biglever]

It's pretty much, just something that a sailor or someone
Who works on a ship, or on the docks. Would need, the spike is used to get knots undone, ropes that get wet and under a lot of stress, can be tuff to get undone.
The one I had was made by Case.

[Les]

Something very similar, in various guises, used to be standard issue in the British Army from WW1 onwards.

http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/british-ar ... oduct,1339

[biglever]

Thanks for that post.
Very interesting.

[biglever]

Have a big gun show, this weekend, I will be looking for one of those. For sure ,to go with my Enfield's

[Bugs]

Nice. If you ever need a corrosion proof one Spyderco makes them.

[daytime dave]

The marlin spike can be very handy. The one you got looks pretty good. I have some knives made by the same company overseas. They are pretty good quality.

[biglever]

Looked all true the big show today, not one British issue
Knife , there,it's something to keep searching for.