Bruckmann from AG Russell last week, anyone else?

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Last week's email special from AG Russell had a vintage Bruckmann Knife from the warehouse find several years ago. The price was higher than the current eBay values, but it was a pattern that I hadn't seen before, and still about the same price as a new Queen or Case knife. It's a "sleeveboard" with wood handle and bail. AG said he only had a hundred of them, and I imagine they sold out quick since I can't find them on the website now.

Mine arrived today and it is darn nice! There is no play in the blades, which are very long and thin. The spring is strong with a good 'snap'. The dark wood is very handsome. And the blades are in absolute perfect condition. The only flaw in mine, the back of the spring is a little rough at the liner edges.

Just wondering if anyone else bought one, and what they thought. Makes you wonder how many more of these little treasures AG has squirreled away for future release. :D

Best Wishes,
-Bob
 
Hi Bob,

just got an offer (and bought already) several Brückmann knives in unused condition.
The one sample I hold in my hands already (others on the way to me) looks pretty nice, has cow horn handles 2 carbon steel blades and a cork screw.
Some of the others that are on the way to my place have stainless steel blades and some of the Carbon steel knives supposed to have black wooden scales.
As I heard from another forums mate there are different stamps on the blades, made in different times of production.
Mine is stamped:
E. Brückmann
OHLIGS
Solingen
This should have been before 1929 I was told. Later on it should look like this:
E. Brückmann
Solingen-Ohligs

(Explanation: Ohligs is a district of Solingen.)

The production of knives should have stopped before or whilst WW2 but the sales shop should have continued until Paul Brückmann died in 1956.
Do you know if these infos are correct?
I offered some of these knives for sale and don`t want to tell the buyers something wrong about the history.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Ludi
If you want to have a pic of the knife I can send via email.
 
Ludi,
I don't know about the dates, but here are the different stamps that I have seen:

E. BRUCKMANN
SOLINGEN-O.

E. BRUCKMANN
OHLIGS
SOLINGEN

E. BRUCKMANN (small)
OHLIGS (large)
SOLINGEN (small)

E. BRUCKMANN
SOLINGEN
GERMANY

And there are also variations in the bridge stamp locations too. Sometimes only the largest blade is marked with the bridge logo, sometimes both blades.

Opposite of the bridge logo on the main blade, most knives have the "BRUCKMANN" stamp. But sometimes the largest blade has "Rostfrei" or "Germany" and sometimes there's nothing. In those instances, the "E Bruckmann" stamp is found on one of the smaller blades. The most unusual is an electricians knife - has the bridge logo on the main blade, and the usual "E Bruckmann" stamp is not on the knife anywhere.

I don't know how many of these variations are diagnostic of particular time periods. They could simply be the natural result of different patterns, export vs. domestic, and the blade size.

I have read (in an old AG Russell catalog) that although Bruckmann went out of business in the 1950s, they made no knives since before WWII. I don't know any more than that.

-Bob
 
Thanks a lot for your help, Bob !:thumbup:

I didn`t know about that many different stamps. :confused: :D
The bridge you mentioned is not on the blades.
I try to translate Brückmann : Brücke - bridge, Mann - man, so it could possibly be translated to Bridgeman!?:D
The word Rostfrei means Stainless as you might know already!?
In my order there are the last 20+ carbon steel bladed knives that were found at a local bladesmiths shop. They were ordered many, many years ago by the grandfather of the bladesmith, he told me. Possibly before or whilst WW2?
There are still some Rostfrei :D stainless steel knives available from that guy.

Hopefully all the knives from my order are the same very good quality as is the sample I have here already!?!:D :thumbup:

One`s for sure, I`ll keep some of them in my "collection" !

Thanks again!

Regards,

Ludi
 
The bridge you mentioned is not on the blades.
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Every Bruckmann knife I've seen has the bridge logo, like in this photo, on at least one blade:
http://www.jbrucevoyles.com/kan/DCP_4221.JPG

I try to translate Brückmann : Brücke - bridge, Mann - man, so it could possibly be translated to Bridgeman!?
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Thank you. That does explain the origin of the logo.

The word Rostfrei means Stainless as you might know already!?
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I did know that, thanks.
And the blades marked "Germany" indicate that those knives were made for export.

Hopefully all the knives from my order are the same very good quality as is the sample I have here already!?!
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Here is a picture of some of my Bruckmann knives to show the variety of patterns and materials available. So if you're buying a bulk lot of Bruckmann knives, you could expect some to be like these:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bobthearch/knives/BruckmannGroup.jpg
And here's an unusual pattern that I've only seen once:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bobthearch/knives/Bruckmann.jpg

I'd love to see a photo of your knives when they arrive.

Best Wishes,
-Bob
 
That's a beautiful knife, and an interesting pattern that I hadn't seen before. Thanks for sharing.

-Bob
 
I`m a happy guy `cause my Brückmann slippies arrived today! :D

Just have a look.
Here are the carbon steel knives:
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2256&d=1143658903
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2259&d=1143658903
Most of them have horn scales and only 9 of them are wooden scaled!:cool:

As you can see, the stainless one`s were sent inside the factory boxes and were wrapped inside the factory wax:confused: paper! :D

Very good quality me thinks!!! :thumbup:

Greets,

Ludi
 
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