British Army Knife

British Army Knife

$128.00
$128.00
  • The Best Made Co. British Army Knife, a stainless steel folding pocket knife with two extended blades and engraved handle, is displayed against a plain light gray background. NEW
  • The Best Made Co. British Army Knife, made in Sheffield, features a stainless steel straight blade, curved marlinspike, and engraved handle text, shown against a plain light gray background. NEW
  • A closed Best Made Co. British Army Knife, made of stainless steel and engraved with "THE GENUINE British Army Knife STAINLESS STEEL MADE IN SHEFFIELD ENGLAND," rests on a light gray background. NEW
  • A close-up of an open British Army Knife by Best Made Co., featuring two blades and a handle engraved with “The Genuine British Army Knife, Stainless Steel, Made in Sheffield England,” shown against a plain white background. NEW
  • A Best Made Co. British Army Knife is shown from above with its metal frame, hinge, and closed blade visible against a plain light gray background. NEW
  • A person sharpens the Best Made Co. British Army Knife on a rectangular stone, holding the utility knife at an angle with both hands over a gridded cutting mat. NEW

British Army Knife

British Army Knife

$128.00
$128.00

The British Army clasp knife is one of the most recognized military utility blades in the world — a pattern carried by generations of British soldiers, a study in restraint. Three tools, and no more: a sheepsfoot blade, a can opener, and an integrated screwdriver tip. The brushed stainless-steel body will take a battlefield's worth of abuse. The handle is stamped "The Genuine British Army Knife," and the claim is well-earned: it's the genuine Army-issue pattern, still made in Sheffield.

What we like most about this knife is what's not there. No saw, no awl, no tweezers, no toothpick — the basics, executed correctly. The sheepsfoot blade is a deliberate choice: a straight cutting edge with a blunt tip, designed to do real utility work — rope, cordage, food, parcels — without the risk of accidental piercing that a pointed blade carries. The handle is brushed stainless, an honest material with no organic parts to crack, swell, or absorb moisture. Made in England.
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Wostenholm is one of the foundational names in English cutlery. The family had been making knives in the villages outside Sheffield since the mid-1700s — George Wolstenholme, born in 1717, is the earliest known cutler in the line — and shortened the name to Wostenholm around 1815. In 1826, a third-generation George Wostenholm registered the IXL trademark, a phonetic play on "I excel," and went on to build the firm into one of the largest cutlers in Sheffield during the city's 19th-century dominance of the global cutlery trade. At its peak in the 1850s the company employed over 800 craftsmen, and IXL knives became as familiar in American hardware stores as in British ones.
- Blade: Stainless steel
Closed Length: 3.75"
Blade Length: 2.5"
Total Length: 6.25"
Blade Thickness: 0.1"
Handle Length: 3.3"
Weight: Approximately 1 oz
Wipe dry after use, particularly after exposure to wet conditions. A drop of machine oil at the pivot will keep the slip joint smooth.
Made in England

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