MERCATOR black cat knife

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 MERCATOR model CAT pocket knife all-metal Article No. 10-426 rg K

total length 20,0 cm
blade length 9,0 cm
Blade material C75 carbon steel, not stainless steel 
blade thickness 3,0 mm
Blade shape medium pointed
handle length 11,0 cm
handle material steel powder coated in black color, metal eyelet for securing with a strap
Locking Backlock lockable
Opening aid nail cut
weight 75 gram
Manufacturer MERCATOR, Solingen, Germany
Hand wash obligatory
Search words pocket knife, cat, classic, Kaiser-Wilhelm knife

K for cat. 
K55K can be read below the belly of the golden cat. The name of the original manufacturer was Kaufmann. Translated into Latin, it would be MERCATOR. Heinrich Kaufmann built the Mercator knife as an all-rounder from 1867. His company address was Hochstraße 55, and the second K stands for cat. Which roams around on the handle. Applied by hand in real gold paint.
The GIs brought these simple, like flat pocket knives to the States after the Second World War. In their country of origin, Germany, they are known as Kaiser Wilhelm knives, but there they were the "Black Cat Knives", which quickly achieved cult status. The Americans know black cats but no emperors. Except for Franz from Giesing, who was only born in 1945 before he ruled the green spaces soon after.
Since 1995, the Otter knife factory has been producing MERCATOR models in over one hundred work steps. Still handmade. Now I'll let the cat out of the bag: And where do such blades succeed? Exactly. Where the highest railroad bridge in Germany stands. So, if you still don't know it now, you're not quite Aufderhöhe. And that is, after all, one of the eight districts there. With its own bus station.
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Susann Frécôt
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