Max Knives PA37M — Two-finger impact tool, US eagle motif

Overview

The PA37M is a short two-hole piece whose whole character rests on its decoration. The motif is listed as a US eagle, meaning the bird as it appears on American insignia, wings held out level and the head turned in profile. The rest of the reference follows the family line: a format that closes inside the palm, and a drawing that tells it apart from the other two-finger models in the catalogue.

The US eagle, badge imagery

The bald eagle has appeared on the Great Seal of the United States since 1782, and from there it spread nearly everywhere: uniform buttons, caps, belt buckles, patches sewn onto jackets. That is the version the name of this reference points to, and it is not the European heraldic eagle: wings held level rather than raised, talons spread, a wide and low silhouette. On an object that fits in the palm the drawing works well, because it can be taken in at a single glance with no detail to hunt for.

Technical specifications

Impact tool with two finger holes, decorated with a US eagle motif. The catalogue stops there: for this reference it publishes neither the metal used, nor the dimensions, nor the mass, and none of that is guessed at here. The motif is therefore the one thing that separates the PA37M from the other two-finger pieces in the family, alongside the eagle model of the PA34M.

Legal notice. Impact tools are restricted or prohibited in a number of countries and are frequently refused in aircraft cabin baggage. Check the law that applies where the order is delivered before purchasing.