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I have what looks like a Bundeswehr utility knife. I purchased it at a gun show a few years ago. This is the knife with which most people are familiar: green metal sheath, green leather frog, checkered green "coke bottle" handle, and a short stubby blade which is less suitable as a fighting weapon than as an entrenching tool. On the ricasso is an shield enclosing an eagle and the legend "BW ROSTFREI".
This knife came in a box that had the stock number UC855, which I thought might be from United Cutlery. However I haven't been able to find this knife in any listing of UC products.
Wherever this knife was made, it has a MUCH higher standard of materials and workmanship than the ones offered by surplus dealers which are claimed to be former military issue. Also the surplus knives I saw did not have the shield-eagle. The surplus knives may have had "B-W" or "BW" on the handle (mine does not).
So my questions:
1. Is this a United Cutlery product?
2. Who made it and in what country?
I'm not unhappy with the knife. It's very nice looking in fact. It's just that its origins are a mystery to me.
Thanks.
This knife came in a box that had the stock number UC855, which I thought might be from United Cutlery. However I haven't been able to find this knife in any listing of UC products.
Wherever this knife was made, it has a MUCH higher standard of materials and workmanship than the ones offered by surplus dealers which are claimed to be former military issue. Also the surplus knives I saw did not have the shield-eagle. The surplus knives may have had "B-W" or "BW" on the handle (mine does not).
So my questions:
1. Is this a United Cutlery product?
2. Who made it and in what country?
I'm not unhappy with the knife. It's very nice looking in fact. It's just that its origins are a mystery to me.
Thanks.