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United States Patent No. 669513 Folding Knife by R Papendell December 24 1901 columbus circle 1888 — a parlor chromolithographUnited States Patent No. 669513 Folding Knife by R Papendell December 24 1900 Papendell's schematic unfolds the pocket knife like a small mechanical confession pivot pins, spring back, and locking tang drawn with the precision of a man who knew a blade is only as honest as its hinge. A turn of the century filing from an age when every sportsman, trapper, and angler carried steel that had to open clean and close cleaner. About the Source Bella Frye