What knife, if any, did Hemingway carry in the field? I do not recall reading anything that mentioned one.

Thanks,

Hizzie

I can only recall the mention of a small pen knife he used to cut the heart of an impala in Green Hills of Africa. Whether true or not, it's the only one I can recall off the top of my head.

I'd read this before when I did some searching on Hemingway and the 505 Gibbs.

http://www.bladeforums.com/for...7003-Hemingway-knife


You might also read a few of his books because it is bound to be mentioned in there somewhere.

I'd be wary of any 'Hemingway' labelled article for sale...like the shoes and sun glasses and gun cases and furniture on the market now...for obvious reasons...

Thanks guys. 505G that link was great. No time to read anything non-school related. 7 more months and I can start working on my leisure stack again.

These are pictures from the link above!
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Nice!

A pocket knife with a corkscrew is a very practical choice when inebriation plays a critical role in one's safari plans.

I have reservations the serrated blade existed in those times. I may be wrong of course!

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Originally posted by fujotupu:
I have reservations the serrated blade existed in those times. I may be wrong of course!

Fugo that is not a serrated blade but a saw blade! That is a very well made kinfe probably German made. The action and blades are inletted into a red stagg antler, like a rifle is inletted into a stock.

I have a German knife labeled MAUSER that a great uncle brought back from WWI taken off a dead German soldier in France. It has a saw blade and a cork screw as well as one single knife blade! These things were survival knives usually used to the German bomber pilots and crew.

The one Hemingway had was an expensive custom I think, similar to the Swiss army knife probably obtained while in Spain's war!

MacD37:

Truthfully now, I was unaware that double offset tooth blades were around in those days. Single teeth like a common wood-saw, yes.

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Originally posted by fujotupu:
MacD37:

Truthfully now, I was unaware that double offset tooth blades were around in those days. Single teeth like a common wood-saw, yes.

You could be right about the double row saw, mine has a single row! You would certainly have been right about what you origenally said, because a serrated blade was certainly not around in Hemingway's early days, but could have been around before he died July 2nd 1961.

Still I would love to own that knife, not because it had anything to do with Hemingway, but simply because it is a very well made knife.

I have the book mentioned in the bladeforums post. The book says that Hemingway was living in the Paris Ritz and passed in front of a knife shop every day. One day he went in and asked to have it sharpened. The owner,Kindal, liked it so much that he asked if he could make a copy of it and name it after Hemingway. The book doesn't mention who made the knife Hemingway brought in but makes it clear that Kindal asked permission to make a copy and market it.

I'll tell you...I used to scoff at the corkscrew-in-the-knife stuff until I actually went to Europe and the first thing we found was that a bottle of wine, some rauch schinken, brie and a few rosties would suffice for damn near the whole day of traveling around. We bought a Swiss Army knife with the corkscrew and a few blades and used it almost every day.

MacD37, I think you should read the link that 505G provided.

Way too cool. Hemingway died in the month after I graduated from college in NYC -- and in the late 1950s, such knives could be found in the displays in the great old Abercrombie & Fitch store on Madison Avenue. I always wanted one, but as a student I couldn't afford it. Of course, there were many things I wanted there.

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These are pictures from the link above!
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Originally posted by johnfox:
MacD37, I think you should read the link that 505G provided.

yep. the knife pictured is a reproduction made by a French company and most certainly was never anywhere near Hemingway's hand. whether he carried a similar knife is open to conjecture- but if he did, i am sure he put the corkscrew to work...