I'm In Love With This Gorgeous Vintage Fishing Knife and I Don't Even Know What It All Does (Update: Figured It Out!) [Past Perfect]
We stumbled upon this German vintage Puma folding fisherman's knife on eBay and we can't take our eyes off of it. But, er, we're not even entirely sure what all of the little design elements do. We're not a fisherman, but let's take a closer look. Here's a look at the stainless steel knife unfolded. The blade's curved for gutting. We're assuming that big circular lump on the knife's butt is designed for smacking the fish you just caught over the head until you've killed it dead ( See update . This knife is not for the catch-and-release fisherman. In this close-up of the knife's blade you can see that the top side of the knife is lightly serrated for scaling your catch. See those little numbers indicating weights in kilograms? It also appears that the knife works as some kind of hanging scale. Man if only we had $242.50 to spare we'd bid right away, even if we're not really sure what we're looking at. It's just so beautiful. W...