Roman swiss army knife

**Cute Wolf** · 02-01-2010, 14:50

How could they done that? Spring leverage and safety pin aren't invented yet......

If that was truly genuine Roman invention..... I want that to be added into my knive collections!!!

**Subotan** · 02-01-2010, 15:06

That's pretty neat, but I thought the fork was invented by Renaissance Italians.

**bobbin** · 02-01-2010, 16:00

Forks have been around for ages they just weren't that popular in Europe for a long time.
Here's a link to the item page from the website of the museum that displays it

**Fluvius Camillus** · 02-01-2010, 21:20

Wow! What a discovery, where was it found?

~Fluvius

**anubis88** · 02-01-2010, 22:05

This really looks incredible... I just hope it's not a scam, since i find it a bit extraordinary

**Ibrahim** · 02-01-2010, 22:14

@cutewolf: this implement set is actually feasable with 200 AD tech. but springs were not used; jusging from the picture, I'd say they used some sort of knob prtruding from the side of a sub-implement, as is clearly shownby that toothpick thingy.

but yes, this would have been a priceless item to own back in the day.

**Intranetusa** · 02-02-2010, 02:33

Originally Posted by Cute Wolf

How could they done that? Spring leverage and safety pin aren't invented yet......

If that was truly genuine Roman invention..... I want that to be added into my knive collections!!!

Yeh...from the looks of things, it looks very clumsy - like the creator just decided to weld it randomly together...
I would be surprised if using it was quite dangerous and you ended up stabbing yourself...

**Cute Wolf** · 02-02-2010, 03:38

So, no spring safety-pin then?
Maybe (judging from the holes present in handle), they use balisong-type opening mechanism, with simple knobs as safety measure....

**Zradha Pahlavan** · 02-02-2010, 20:32

Well obviously the knife was given to them by space aliens, since we all know that people in the ancient world couldn't make amazing things without intergalactic help.