1889 pocket knife celebrating the opening of the Eiffel tower

[Matnes]

Just wondering if anyone knows anymore information about this knife? Trying to find out what despose and G.J markings mean on the knife. Cheers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pocketknives/comments/12o6185

 

[killgar]

Welcome to Bladeforums Matness. As I understand it, "depose" is the French term for "patent pending", or "patented". An abbreviation of "brevet depose".

 

[Matnes]

Welcome to Bladeforums Matness. As I understand it, "despose" is the French term for "patent", or "patented".

Oh cools, thank you. I have been researching it and i stumbled across that but wasn't a 100% sure. Im new to pocket knife collecting this was my first find.

 

[Alberta Ed]

Nice way to start a collection.