German Folding Hunters/Utilities

[mykel m]

Like that hunter Mykel. Looks purpose built, are those walnut handles?

Thanks gorlank,I don't know what wood they are,but they are being replaced with bone.
B Levine said it's a folding butcher knife & I take that to mean a hunter.

 

[Jack Black]

We don't drink just beer, we like our wine too

That, and you can get a beer bottle open with just about anything, like a lighter, another beer bottle etc. Much harder to open a corked wine bottle without the proper tool. The german thinks practical

All true my friend. Some great knives on this thread

 

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

it gladdens my heart to see a well used (and much loved knife) like that Hartkopff.

Whoever owned this knife kept it in good condition for how used it is. I don't have too much use for it (my wife has a quite severe alcohol intolerance, so wine is a bit rarer, and I haven't been hunting much in the last couple of years, but couldn't turn down this nice piece of cutlery. I love an old, well loved companion from another knife lover.

It is true that these are great looking knives in this thread.

 

[Art_Vandeley]

That one is gorgeous! Guessing they're quite rare then? or are they still possible to get?

Current model is called folding hunter 1. Beautiful knife. I remember one of the old timers carrying one where I grew up in rural Germany. I've benn wanting to get one for some time now. Puma still makes them.

 

[Stich2442]

We don't drink just beer, we like our wine too

That, and you can get a beer bottle open with just about anything, like a lighter, another beer bottle etc. Much harder to open a corked wine bottle without the proper tool. The german thinks practical

Off topic hint, push the cork into the bottle, done it many times.


Great knives everyone

 

[wazu013]

Here's a Hubertus Large lockback.

 

[markpmc]

Here's a modern interpretation by AG Russell.

 

[Arathol]

Here's a modern interpretation by AG Russell.

And here is the real deal

 

[gorlank]

beauty of a Weidmannsheil. In the late 90's/early 2000's think Parker bought out Weidmannsheil (Weltersbach) and sold off a ton of vintage pieces including some beautiful stag lockbacks. Wish I had the funds back then to grab some of them. The brand was resurrected and is being manufactured by Olbertz. I have a knife in that pattern as well where you press down on the smaller blade to release the locking master.

 

[Humppa]

Ludwig Groten, Solingen

 

[gorlank]

That's a lovely knife Humppa, is it a lockback?

 

[gorlank]

Had to have this one, tang stamp reads Weidmannsheil. Think its a genuine one not the Olbertz/Parker stuff. Shot shell puller, mirror polished blades, nice stag scales though one has shrunk a bit away from the bolsters. I have a modern Hubertus lockback version as well. Sorry for the blackberry pics, wife has camera on her trip.

 

[Humppa]

That's a lovely knife Humppa, is it a lockback?

Oops, I just read your reply right now ... However - No, that´s a slipjoint.

That knife is made under at the brand of Ludwig Groten, Solingen. But the cutlery that made the knife was propably Friedrich Hartkopf, Solingen. They were sold with the Hartkopf knives.

BTW: Your shown knife there, this Weidmannsheil knife, has the typical shotgun rounds remover, when the ejector is down or the gun has no ejector at all. Mostly on older shotguns. Your one has the remover for .12 and .16 shells - Great looking knife!

 

[Kisatchie]

Hi , I am new to the forum and late to this topic,,,,but I thought I would post a picture of the diefenthals I have (sorry for picture quality and size)


and some weidmannsheils

 

[sextant]

I like my Pumas - here is my favorite:



full set

 

[gorlank]

Had to revisit this old thread with some pics of my older Puma Universal, used by some gent who had no idea how to sharpen. Great pattern and just the thing for strolling the Black Forest, lol.

 

[Will Power]

gorlank Thank you for reviving this interesting thread, I particularly like that example by Puma, a lot of presence and quality about those types with some decent Stag on board too..

I'm showing this as it is a similar frame although remaining a single-blade lockback (stamped blade) I'm particularly taken by German cutlery from 1900-1970, I've seen some really nice Stag examples in the past on this Forum but can't for the life of me recall the thread names, but soon after I appeared in 2007 anyway.

Regards, Will

 

[gorlank]

Thats a lovely Weidmannsheil, something so right about pretty stag, and the barehead configuration (no bottom bolster).

 

[Will Power]

Thanks. As far as I'm concerned, Barehead knives are always better:thumbup:

Naturally, with some patterns Copperhead, Serp, Equal End you can't have Barehead, but when you can show off Stag or Bone to their full effect, Barehead it is.

Regards, Will

 

[wazu013]