Featured is a wonderful Vintage Pocket Jack Knife.
- A pocketknife or jackknife is a knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle.
- The oldest pocketknife or jackknife ever discovered dates to around 600-500 BC.
- It was unearthed in Hallstatt, Austria, and it features a single blade with a bone handle.
- The Romans invented their own version of the Swiss Army knife that included a spoon, blade, spike, fork, spatula, and pick.
- Most pocketknives for light duty are slip joints. This means that the blade does not lock but once opened, is held in place by tension from a flat bar or leaf-type back springthat allows the blade to fold if a certain amount of pressure is applied.
- Slip joint knives became the basis for many utility pocketknives that are made today.
