Okapi (knife)

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The Okapi is a lockback knife originally produced in in 1902 for export to Germany's colonies in Africa. The knife takes its name from the okapi, an animal which had recently been discovered in the Belgian Congo.

The Okapi knives are no longer produced in Germany. In 1988, Okapi South Africa (then trading as All Round Tooling) bought the trademark and tooling and began production of the Okapi line of knives in South Africa. The South African Okapi lockback knives are produced with carbon or stainless steel blades, with or without serrations.

[edit] Current manufacturer

• http://www.okapi-knives.com/