You Can Bring This Mother of All Swiss Army Knives to a Gunfight
Behold the Mother of All Swiss Army Knives, a multi-tool created by John S. Holler in Germany around 1880. The knife actually predates the Swiss Army Knife, which started production about a decade later in 1890.
The knife has 100 functions, including every types of blades imaginable. It has a serrated blade, dagger blades, shears and scissors, an auger, a corkscrew, saws, a lancet, button hook, cigar cutter, pens and pencils, mirror, and straight razor. You can even use this tool to tune a piano, as it has a piano tuner built in. Hungry? It's got a butter knife so you can butter your toast.
But that's not all: This is a knife you can actually bring to a gunfight. It has a fully functioning .22 caliber five-shot pinfire revolver. And as if that ain't enough, the tortoise shell handle covers of the knife open up to hold picks, tools, and even mini folding knives.
A fully functioning .22 caliber five-shot pinfire revolver ... and a butter knife!
Notable blades: Straight razor and tuning fork.
Notable functions: Cheese fork and the kris blade.
The flip side of the knife opens up to reveal ... a small crucifix knife, perfect for killing vampires!
Sadly, it does not have a bottle opener. That's because the bottle cap wasn't invented until 1892.
Photo: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center. Catalog Number 1986.0101.03
Comments (6)
However imaging to actually having to use these absurdly multifunctional tools...
Or to carry it in your pocket...
I would like to see a single person who actually can usefolly use every tool of the above 1.345g and 141 function monstrosity.. as provided by barking bud..