Last week I went to the Deutches Klingenmuseum. That’s German for German Knife Museum. It’s located in Solingen, which happens to be only a two hour drive from where I live. I should have known that before, since it was the first time I ever visited Solingen.
It’s a great museum, with an emphasis on the history of knives. If you want to know what a Celtic knife looks like, or a sword from the middle ages, you should go there.
I made a few pictures of more modern knives.
This is the museum. It is located in an former monastery.
This is a Swiss army knife. Well, it’s probably German, but you get the idea. What you may not see immediately is that is about two meters long: one meter for the handle and one meter for the longest blade. And it’s a working knife!
Another one, slightly smaller.
And you’ve guessed it by now, almost two meters worth of working “pocket” knife.