Roman knife

[Doc Dan]

I found this:

https://www.knifeplanet.net/history-and ... man-knife/

[awa54]

Very cool, Thanks for posting the link!

[ChrisinHove]

Very interesting. Some of those old shapes are still familiar. I wouldn’t like to know the full story behind those knives left in that church though... :eek:

[Ez556]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing. As ChrisinHove said, knowing that most of those knives were left there by people who likely used them to kill someone, and seeing all those broken tips, I don’t think I want to see how most got there!

[James Y]

Cool, thanks for posting that! That's a pretty cool locking mechanism.

It looks like those Roman knife designs were a big influence on the Spanish Navaja.

Jim

[Larry_Mott]

Cool, thanks for posting that! That's a pretty cool locking mechanism.

It looks like those Roman knife designs were a big influence on the Spanish Navaja.

Jim

And the Okapi.

[James Y]

Cool, thanks for posting that! That's a pretty cool locking mechanism.

It looks like those Roman knife designs were a big influence on the Spanish Navaja.

Jim

And the Okapi.

Yes, very true.

Jim

[bearrowland]

Cool!!

[Halfneck]

Enjoyed that article. Very cool knives, wouldn't mind a smaller version.

[Cambertree]

Fascinating article, thanks for that.

You can also see the heritage of that type of folding knife shape in the US Powderhorn and 'Texas toothpick' slipjoint patterns.

[Notsurewhy]

Noted scholar and prybar enthusiast Greg Medford disagrees with this. His entirely historically accurate praetorian line would be better examples of Roman knives.

[Cambertree]

Noted scholar and prybar enthusiast Greg Medford disagrees with this. His entirely historically accurate praetorian line would be better examples of Roman knives.

:D :D :D

Lol, good one, I thought you were being serious there for a moment. :)

That Youtube video on the design philosophy behind the Praetorian prybars is interesting though.