HARTKOPF & CO TEUFELSKERLE Messer 2 teilig 8cm glatt gebürstet

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 HARTKOPF @ CO TEUFELSKERLE pocket knife 1973 all-metal brushed 2-piece Article No. 221099
   

Blade length large 6,0 cm, DOVO Solingen Germany stamped, on the back the two TEUFELSKERLE
Blade length small 4,0 cm, R for stainless steel stamped in 
Blade material steel, stainless
Blade shape medium pointed
Handle length 8.0 cm
Handle material brushed metal
Opening aid nail cut
Weight 36 gram 
Manufacturer TEUFELSKERLE DOVO HARTKOPF until 1973, Solingen, Germany
Search words collector's knife, gentleman's knife, suit knife, pocket knife, bag knife

The knives were made in 1973. It is unused new and has been stored for a good half century.
An all metal gentleman's knife with a brushed finish, this is from the previous generation of the owner. Flat with both a large and a feather blade. Quills replaced reeds as writing implements from the fourth century AD. They are also called goose quills because they were usually plucked from the feathers of a goose. They were sharpened with a feather blade. Until the time when people switched to metal nibs, which happened at the end of the 18th century.