This knife created by John S. Holler in Germany around 1880 predates the Swiss Army Knife, which started production about a decade later in 1890. It has 100 functions, including a serrated blade, dagger blades, shears and scissors, an auger, a corkscrew, saws, a lancet, button hook, cigar cutter, pens and pencils, mirror, straight razor and a built in piano tuner.
Most amazing is the fully functioning .22 caliber five-shot pinfire revolver.
Image credit: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center. Catalog Number 1986.0101.03
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