June 10, 2008
Mercator Photos
As an addendum to yesterdays blog I have added a couple of pictures of the Mercator style knife. These pictures are copies of catalogs I accessed at The Industrimuseum in Solingen this past March.
The photograph with the 5 knives is from a catalog dating about 1920 and shows several variations of the Mecator knife. Most examples and especially more contemporary Mercators have just one blade. As you can see versions were made that had several implements.
The top photo is from the Omega company catalog and is probably from the 1950s. Note the bottom model. It is a more unusual knife in that it does not have the “humpback” lock as most Mercators do.
