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This knife was made in Germany in 1880, this knife comprises a plurality of devices 100 knives and even a 22 mm revolver





In the knife blade has two, several types of scissors, corkscrew, two saws, a hook fastening buttons, a scalpel, a device for cutting cigars, fountain pen, mechanical pencil, a mirror, razor, fork, table knife and more. All these devices are hidden in the handle of tortoise shell. It may seem strange, but in this multi-function knife, in contrast to its modern counterparts, there is a bottle opener. The fact that the bottle caps, as we know it today, was invented only in 1892.
And the exhibit was produced in Germany in 1880 by Holler & Co specifically for one of the New York stores. He appeared 11 years earlier than a Swiss army knife. "Mother knives" has impressive size - almost 9 inches in width and 22 centimeters in length. These knives are designed for exhibitions, to impress the knife craftsmen and traders knives, and not to carry a knife in his pocket. They were so complicated in execution, that they could create only leading manufacturers, which employ the most talented craftsmen













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