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This traditional folding knife was known in the Basque Country as the Bosco knife. It was used by sailors who fished in the ocean and not in the Mediterranean.

The shape of the blade, known as the “sheep’s foot”, was the only one allowed aboard ships, as its rounded tip was less likely to cause serious injury in the event of a fight.

Of English origin, the shape of its blade was essential for cleanly cutting the ropes by striking them with a sharp blow using a capillot (wooden or metal dowel used for maneuvering aboard ship).

This folding knife was made in the Basque workshop of Couteau, in Anglet, on the banks of the Adour, a river in the Aquitaine basin in southwestern France, classified as a Natura 2000 site. With a length of 307.1 km, it rises in the Pyrenees at the Pic du Midi de Bigorre, on the Col du Tourmalet, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean between Tarnos, on its right bank, and Anglet, on its left bank.

Blade: stiletto-shaped (sheep’s foot), 12c27 stainless steel, with the Basque cross (Lauburu) engraved on the blade. Hilt: Basque sheep horn.

System: square, “strong” notch to prevent the blade from closing when used in a boat.

Overall length (mm): 190. Blade length (mm): 90. The knife shown is the one you will receive!