Okapi fixed blades

Okapi Sisal knife, a small fixed blade from around the 1960's-1970's timeframe.
The handle consists of 2 riveted Bakelite halves with a steel finger guard in front, while the sheath is made from one piece of Bakelite coupled to a fake leather belt loop.

Since the knife came completely blunt i gave it a new edge of about 30 degrees inclusive along the entire edge.
This makes for wider bevels near the point (as the steel gets thicker there), as i want the knife to be able to cut also with that area, not just scrape.
The tough & springy steel takes a very good edge and is treetopping sharp.

Specs:

Overall length: 20,6 cm
Blade length: 10,7 cm
Blade thickness: 1,95 mm
Steel type: carbon steel
Weight without sheath: 87 gram
Weight with sheath: 132 grams

In the '60's and '70's many young boyscouts in the Netherlands had these Okapi fixed blades:

Blades were made from a tough & springy carbon steel that held quite a good edge (after sharpening it yourself, the factory edges were horrible in most cases), and both the handles & the sheaths were made from Bakelite.
The knives themselves can still be found on Dutch auction sites, but finding a matching sheath in good condition is more difficult.
Being made from Bakelite (just as the handles) they had a tendency of cracking.

These pics show a used knife with an incomplete sheath: