Scarce Original Bleriot Pocket Knife. c.1909 (Chris Balm Early Aviation & Motoring Items)

Scarce Original Bleriot Pocket Knife. c.1909

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Scarce, original pocket knife decorated with images of Bleriot monoplanes. Dating from around 1909.

This nice quality penknife has steel blades and aluminium scales which are both decorated with a very attractive image of a Mk.XI Bleriot flying over the countryside with another aeroplane in the distance. Length (closed): 72mm. Good condition (scales a little loose, but still securely attached. Blades in nice, unworn condition).

The Bleriot Mk.XI was a very successful monoplane which was first flown on 23rd January 1909. The plane was flown by it's designer, Louis Bleriot on the first crossing of the English channel on 25th July 1909. The Mk.XI went into production that year and became very popular with competition pilots in both England and France. It was later manufactured in substantial quantities for France's "Aviation Militaire" and several were supplied to Britain's Royal Flying Corps. They were used by both countries in the early part of W.W.I.

For more information on Louis Bleriot and his aircraft, please click on the link below :

Louis Bleriot

Inventory No. A-374

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