Colonial's Seaworthy knives
Collectors Corner聽聽 Colonial鈥榮 Seaworthy Knives by LeRoy Thompson, Tactical Knives magazine聽聽 The classic U.S. Navy Sailor鈥檚 Knife, along with the Civilian聽Rigger鈥檚 knife get reborn and ready to set sail! Most of us who are interested in the history of knives are probably somewhat familiar with thetraditional Sailor鈥檚 Folding Knife, which generally has a sheepsfoot blade and a folding marlinspike. I seem to remember seeing a photograph of a civil war sailor鈥檚 knife that incorporatedthe marlin spike. I have also seen photographs of fixed blade sailor鈥檚 sheath knives with a marlinspike that folded into the handle. The U.S. Navy contract for the style of Sailor鈥檚 Marlin SpikeFolding Knife most familiar to me dates from 1910. Early examples seem to have been...