display your Sailor knife!

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Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on February 18, 2010 at 0:38

I've got several different sailor knives, I've always called them "Rigging Knives".
Always preferred the stainless models though.
Mine don't look as pretty as yours or Terrys, but this one is a favorite; Spike (locking) and blade along with a slotted driver, shackle key and best of all a can opener.

Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on February 18, 2010 at 5:11

"Rigging" knives! That's the term I was trying to remember! Thanks, J.J.

Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on February 18, 2010 at 5:13

Here's a photo of my nautical knives. It's not a very good photo, so I'll take separate pictures of the knives in it and post them later.

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• My sailor's knives 1-13-2010.jpg, 47 KB

Permalink Reply by CaptJeff Saylor on February 18, 2010 at 9:53

Nice looking knife!! i didnt know that was a Shackle Key! i have always wondered what that was for! these knives dont usually come with a can opener! at least the ones i have seen dont! great knife J.J.! thanks for sharing!
who is the manufacture of this knife?

Permalink Reply by CaptJeff Saylor on February 18, 2010 at 10:02

thats a nice collection Terry, but i am looking forward to seeing a better pic. thanks for sharing!

Permalink Reply by J.J. Smith III on February 18, 2010 at 10:24

This is the only one that I have that has a can opener, (BUT EVERYONE NEEDS A CAN OPENER), although I think that all but one has the shackel key. There is no manufacturer marked on the knife. Just "stainless steel" on the tang and what you see on the handle. I picked this one up in the mid to late 80's in Savannah, GA. There used to be a nautical store on River Street called The Ships Wheel.

Permalink Reply by kage on February 20, 2010 at 1:26

I don't have my webcam set up yet, but when I do I'll put up the knives I used in the Navy. But until then.... There are really only 3 categories for Naval Knives - Sailors (as opposed to a Sailor's knife, which would be any knife a Sailor used,) Riggers, and Sailmakers. Here's some classic examples.....
Sailor and Rigger style:

Sailmaker style:

I used 6-8 inch butcher-style knives, Ibberson, Currie, Green River, Invicta for my main Sailor Knives, with 4 inch Ibberson cut-tip and sheepsfoot for my Rigging Knives, and a 6 inch spear-point Currie for my Sailmaker Knife. My Lanyard Knife is similar to JJ's, but the shackler is cut out of the side scale with just a sheepsfoot blade and can/bottle opener. The "screwdriver" extension is really a lid opener, mainly for pain can lids.

Permalink Reply by kage on February 20, 2010 at 2:00

I actually used this Old Hickory for a while as a replacement for my Green River that went over the side when the whaler was being hoisted up in choppy seas and was being smash against the ship's side. I was trying to cut away a frapping line that was tangled up in the falls and had us jammed, stern couldn't go up or down. Just as I was gonna cut it lose we smashed into the ship's side, everybody got knocked down to the bilge and my Green River went Deep Six.

Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on February 20, 2010 at 2:01

BEAUTIFUL, KG. Thanks for the clarification, too.

Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on February 20, 2010 at 2:26

that's amazing. i found a Green River about 25 or 30 years ago on the beach while i was camping with my wife and kids at Cape Lookout state park near Tillamook, Oregon. it was just lying there at the edge of the water like it had been washed in with the tide.

Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on February 20, 2010 at 4:06

Here are more of my nautical knives.

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• camillus sailors knife 1.jpg, 230 KB
• my divers knife 2.jpg, 222 KB
• UK Army knife.jpg, 207 KB

Permalink Reply by Terry Waldele on February 20, 2010 at 4:16

Hey, KG, how do you inbed a photo in your discussion instead of attaching it as a attached image.

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