A hand made knife.

[Big Frank]

I was doing business with a guy one county east of me last month, and after he found out I collect knives he gave me a hand made knife. He said that some other guy makes them, and takes them in to the shop to sell. I assume the guy works at one of several GM factories within a few counties around here. When people here say "the shop", they're almost always referring to GM, but sometimes they mean local GM parts suppliers too. He doesn't have a store or website or anything. I don't remember what his name was, but there's no name or other markings anywhere on the knife that I can see.

The blade is Damascus steel and the handle appears to be plastic made to look like bone. But I'm not really sure what it is. It has 5 brass pins in each of the handles, and the liners and bolsters are steel. It has quite a fat handle on it compared to the thickness of the bolsters. There's decorative jimping on the blade and the lock, and the spring is really stiff. Maybe it will improve after I work some oil into it. At least I don't have to worry about accidentally unlocking it. It takes a lot of thumb pressure to squeeze it. I'm going to toss it in my Dunk-Kit bucket to soak for a day or so. Maybe it will get some grit out of it.