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2. Pocketknife - Wikipedia

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   Lock-blade knives have been dated to the 15th century. In Spain, one early lock-blade design was the Andalusian clasp knife popularly referred to as the navaja. [19] Opinel knives use a twist lock, consisting of a metal ferrule or barrel ring that is rotated to lock the blade either open or closed. In the late 20th century lock-blade ...

3. List of blade materials - Wikipedia

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   1095, a popular high-carbon steel for knives; it is harder but more brittle than lower-carbon steels such as 1055, 1060, 1070, and 1080. It has a carbon content of 0.90-1.03% [7] Many older pocket knives and kitchen knives were made of 1095. With a good heat treat, the high carbon 1095 and O-1 tool steels can make excellent knives.

4. Swiss Army knife - Wikipedia

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   The Swiss Army Knife was not the first multi-use pocket knife. In 1851, in Moby-Dick (chapter 107), Herman Melville mentions the "Sheffield contrivances, assuming the exterior – though a little swelled – of a common pocket knife; but containing, not only blades of various sizes, but also screwdrivers, cork-screws, tweezers, bradawls, pens, rulers, nail files and countersinkers."

5. Ballpoint pen knife - Wikipedia

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   A ballpoint pen knife is a multi-tool pocketknife consisting of a blade concealed inside an ordinary-looking ballpoint pen. The blade, typically 50 to 125 millimetres (2 to 5 in) long, is hidden when not in use. They first appeared as custom-made pens from various custom knife makers, and were later mass-produced by other companies.

6. Navaja - Wikipedia

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   Used as a fighting knife, the navaja typically featured a blade length of 400 mm (15 inches) or longer, [1] [26] and knives with 300 mm (12-inch) to 500 mm (19-inch) blades were common. [26] The large-bladed fighting navaja or santólio was eventually refined into a pattern named the navaja sevillana , after the region in which it saw much use ...

7. What That’s Really For: Items With Hidden Design Features - AOL

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   Small Jeans Pocket. Surprising Use: Storing pocket watches. The average pair of jeans has several purposeful features most modern wearers may take for granted. For one, the metal rivets around the ...