Need suggestion for a knives set

Hello,

I found this group from a local estate sale. Any piece worth a shot?

 

What's in the little blue leather case?

I think @komokwa knows about knives...

 

top left...knife from a US military WW2 mess kit

next to it the 2 piece wood ..may contain a nice Japanese tanto blade....or letter opener..?

Top middle...that may be an older boot dagger.....it shows promise...but I can't see enuf of it clearly..

the red handle knife is a Finland horse head Puukko , better with sheath.....but still a nice knife.

the knife with the snap closure leather seath...was carried...and loved....there may be a nice blade there....maybe custom...

I'd say the boot dagger would interest me the most....

 

Thanks, Komo. The little blade in the leather sheath does look well loved, no wonder I gravitated towards that one! +Now I want to see it too!

@jingyel

 

yer welcome, we'll see if Jing takes a 'stab' at any of them.........

 

Top, 2nd from left, is a pipe-reamer. Far right, blade for an "Arkansas toothpick" style knife, looks like it never had a handle; likely from a knife-making supply company such as Atlanta Cutlery, and it has the same white cardboard shipping "sheath" that Atlanta Cutlery used to use.
Looks like a horn handle on the snap-closure one. Another horse-head one toward the top, likely another puuko.
Bottom left folder, perhaps some kind of fishing knife, since it has a fish and line on it.

 

if that small one was a mini Puukko ..... i'd jump on it...............but....the head looks too different to me...
more like a chess piece head........

 

PLease find additional photos. I wonder if the Japanese tanto blade is traditional or just a letter opener? It seems too short to me.
I a also curious about the right blank blade, the texture seems unique....

 

ya a letter opener...

the boot dagger blade is suspect.......it too may just be a used letter opener..

so, it's a nice little collection.....but no home runs..

 

The one on the bottom of your first photo appears to be a chisel.

 

Not unique; it is a style I've seen on blade blanks from Atlanta Cutlery, imitating forge marks; and I'd strongly suggest that as the source. I've got some of their blade blanks - I probably purchased them 20 years ago.

I think it is supposed to look like some sort of tanto, but hard to say.

 

Thanks, Steve!