This thing was five dollars at a Goodwill, and I liked the heft of it and thought it looked cool. I polished it up later, and it looked even cooler. TL-29 is a designation or whatever for an electrical engineer’s knife, contracted by the Army in the 1930’s. Shittier versions with plastic handles and stainless-steel blades are still made today, for some reason or another. An hour of research and the most interesting thing I could find about it was this blueprint, which is probably cooler to have than the knife itself: I haven’t actually used it for anything. This purchase indicated to me that this knife thing was getting out of hand, so I keep it in a desk drawer to remind me of my excesses.

This thing was five dollars at a Goodwill, and I liked the heft of it and thought it looked cool. I polished it up later, and it looked even cooler.

TL-29 is a designation or whatever for an electrical engineer’s knife, contracted by the Army in the 1930’s. Shittier versions with plastic handles and stainless-steel blades are still made today, for some reason or another. An hour of research and the most interesting thing I could find about it was this blueprint, which is probably cooler to have than the knife itself:

TL-29 blueprint, c.1930

I haven’t actually used it for anything. This purchase indicated to me that this knife thing was getting out of hand, so I keep it in a desk drawer to remind me of my excesses.

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