Knife ID please

[Woodlander]

A friend has this knife he found in a river, in France, 20 odd years ago.
I know it's a whitby but apart from that can't find anything else about it. Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[1 shot willie]

Not a clue Jon.

Shame the blade is scratched up a bit......you could remove a lot of that using Brasso liquid on a piece of thick cardboard mate.
Finish off with compound on leather strop......would come up quite well.

 

[Ark79]

Reminds me of a small divers knife, but that all I have lol

 

[Ystranc]

Sorry Jon, Whitby's are a difficult firm because they do an awful lot of importing from other manufacturers. They distribute brands like Leatherman and Eriksson/Mora,
Most of the older stuff that I've seen is badly documented, simply marked "Whitby's foreign".
My guess (it is only a guess) is that it's some sort of multi purpose survival knife (possibly from a neck sheath) that someone lost while fishing. The double edged dagger shape looks like it would be good for opening oysters if you ever fancy trying them

 

[Woodlander]

Sorry Jon, Whitby's are a difficult firm because they do an awful lot of importing from other manufacturers. They distribute brands like Leatherman and Eriksson/Mora,
Most of the older stuff that I've seen is badly documented, simply marked "Whitby's foreign".
My guess (it is only a guess) is that it's some sort of multi purpose survival knife (possibly from a neck sheath) that someone lost while fishing. The double edged dagger shape looks like it would be good for opening oysters if you ever fancy trying them

Oysters!!!! Look if I wanted to eat something like that I would change my sexual orientation! !!! Bloody oysters!!! Mike your bringing out the old man in me!

 

[1 shot willie]

Reminds me of a small divers knife, but that all I have lol

Food for thought Mark.......the two adjacent serated edges would make good net cutters small rope cutters.

 

[Ystranc]

I think you're right Mark, if you look at the smallest one in this range you can see similarities.

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[38thfoot]

Or they stabbed someone with it and chucked it in the river to dispose of the evidence!

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[Woodlander]

Or they stabbed someone with it and chucked it in the river to dispose of the evidence!

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That's not unlikely possibility......