Knife question

[lzenglish]

I picked up what i call a fixed bladed hawkbill knife, but have never seen one sharpened quite like it. The scales appear to be made of ebony. with silver pins, and a silver butt plate. The blade has "Korea" stamped on it, and the edge is ground on the outer edge of the blade arc. In all my searches, i have seen names like oil rag knife, hawkbill, linoleum, roofer's knife etc, but all seemed to be ground on the inner side of the blade arc. Any info, or ideas, on what i may have here would be appreciated. Sorry, But I'm unable to post pics with this new format.

Thanks

 

[Lapedog]

Maybe it is some kind of error? I can't imagine what a knife ground in such a way could be used for. I know there are knives like the Inuit Ulu and Italian Mezzaluna which use an extreme semicircular blade and cut with the edge by rocking the blade back and forward or scraping with the edge.

 

[jbarsquat]

Interested to see what you have. Checkout the technical assistance area. Lots of posts assisting with posting pics under the new format.

 

[lzenglish]

Thanks for the replies so far. I will continue to try and post pics of it.

 

[DocJD]

Paint roller scraper / cleaner for the blunt inside and sharp scraper knife for outside arc ?

 

[lzenglish]

Found my knife, which is a Don Carlos Lead Knife. I don't know why it has the korea stamp on it, but the picture, and description in this link is identical, to my knife. Most of the several links i finally found, refer to it as a stain glass lead cutter knife, with weighted end for driving nails. Thanks again.
http://www.herder-solingen.de/e/industry/handwerk.htm

http://www.sunshineglass.com/rcol/c-tools/handtools2.htm

 

[EricV]

I was going to say its definitely a lead knife. My grandfather did a lot of stained glasswork and had a few of these around, including that Herder you linked to. They're really sturdy well made knives, but pretty much useless for anything other than that specific task. They do make a handy leather work knife in a pinch.