Chief Cutlery Co.?

Old Biker said:
I'm not so sure that it can't be post war with a stamp that says Germany.
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Except I would expect there would be a record of such a company. Especially in Germany. Pre-war records often got destroyed in the war, but they can tell you how many 5mm screws a certain factory made in 1952. I have a pile of books but can't find a record of a post war Chief Cutlery Co. in Germany. Please prove me wrong.
 
Old Biker said:
The wall came down 29 years ago, and Germany was officially reunited 28 years ago. I'm not so sure that it can't be post war with a stamp that says Germany.

O.B.
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eisman said:
Except I would expect there would be a record of such a company. Especially in Germany. Pre-war records often got destroyed in the war, but they can tell you how many 5mm screws a certain factory made in 1952. I have a pile of books but can't find a record of a post war Chief Cutlery Co. in Germany. Please prove me wrong.
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I'm sure it could exist, but I've never seen a "W.Germany" stamp. I have seen "Germany" post war manufactured knives.
Here's one. I could pull up a bunch of pictures of Bokers, too.
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Or am I misunderstanding?
 
eisman eisman - I don't believe your knife was made in China either. The only reason I posted that link in my first response to you was that it did mention the Chief brand and could lead to the original Chief Cutlery Co..

Two things:

I don't think there is anything special about the shield. It looks to me that the divot for the shield was routed off center/askew and the bar shield was manipulated to fit the mis-routed divot rather than the company throwing the jigged bone cover away for such a minor thing..

Perhaps this knife was manufactured much later than you think. Perhaps Post LVG4. As you, I see no mention of the "Chief Cutlery Co." in any of my books.
 
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Nothing new to report. Bill Deshivs has suggested Chief is a brand name (or retailer) vs. a manufacturer, an idea I believe has a lot of merit. The more I look at this knife the more I think it was made in the 60's-70's as I originally postulated. But the long pulls and swaged pen blade are much more "old fashioned". I'd love to find another knife marked this way, if only to prove it's not a one off.
 
I am just wondering, there are transitional knives made- where the Blades etc are stamped in Germany or England, but assembled in America, We saw a Wade and Butcher Teardrop Knife most definitely a US Pattern that was stamped wade and Butcher, England.

Getting back to your knife, usually ( and not the definite way to make a call ) with the German built knives there is a much darker coloured Pivot Pin, your knife does not have this - not that I can see in the photo's anyway, I wonder if that knife was assembled in the States from parts, it has nice type of Pic Bone jig worked Handles, could even have been rehandled possibly?
 
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