The edge of the punch can be used as a flat head screwdriver, at least in a pinch.
#Marlin spike rigging knife driver#
I'm not sure how useful the punch is as as can opener but it is quite wide and if you need to put a big hole in a can, this blade will get the job done.The point can be used as phillips screw driver head for large screws. The punch blade, was never sharpened and with the exception of the normal patina found on a knife of this age is in exceptional condition.
At 4 inches, it is a monster of spike which allows you plenty of space for gripping and holding while working with knotted lines. The marlin spike has about 1/8 inch wobble when closed (again partly due to abuse) but is quite tight when in the half stop and full open position. Despite this abuse, the knife still works quite well a testament to the original workmanship. XX.Īt almost five inches closed, these knives are big and heavy! My knife was actually misused as hammer by its previous owner which made it necessary for me to do some file work on both ends so that the punch blade and bail would move freely. In fact Case made this pattern knife for Canada during WWII but the blade is stamped "CASE" not MS Ltd. If the Metal Stampings knives saw cambat it is more likely during the Korean War. were not used during that war as the company did not exist at the time. While this pattern knife was used in World War II, the Metal Stampings Ltd. These knives are often erroneously sold as WWII rigging knives. The XX is the Case XX stamp common to Case knives. The MS stands for Metal Stampings, the subsidiary name for the Case factory. The tang on the main blade is stamped MS LTD XX. The knife is basically a slab-sided 6353/1905 pattern knife. The identifying marks are found on the main blades tang. The knives were made according to Canadian military specifications using a pattern that predates WWII. The factory remained in operation until the mid-1950s. Case & Son opened a subsidiary factory in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1948 for the purpose of producing a knife for the Canadian military.
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