Help me ID this thrower please

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My grandfather gave this to me as a gift one year, and its kind of just sat in a box since then. I found it while cleaning my closet and am curious as to the maker and value of a piece like this.

It's a damascus blade, about 5" is sharpened, and the handle is about 5" long as well. Looks to be very high quality, all grinds and bevels look very uniform and well done.

There is a symbol stamped into the blade that I've taken a picture of.

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I haven't thrown it. I've never really been into throwing knives, and this is my first one. I kinda want to keep it nice since it was a gift. It has great weight and from my limited throwing experience, I bet it would throw very well.

My grandpa has a taste for hand made quality items, so I assume this knife ran him quite a bit of coin. I was just curious if anyone recognized that stamp that is on the blade.

Anyone else?
 
I am guessing that is def a custom. No idea.
 
commandojoe said:
I am guessing that is def a custom. No idea.
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Yeah, I'm almost certain on that. As I said, my grandpa is quite the knife snob. :)

Just looking for someone who may know the name of the maker...
 
Son I,ve started my birthweek and am well on my way to beer bliss sotake this from whence it comes . Thats a nice knife , a real nice knife . Its the kinda knife that unless you got cash lying around I wouldn,t be throwing . Seriously you can get a decent thrower for fifty bucks .
As far as that symbol stamped into it ? It definitely looks like something put there after the owner got it . It kinda looks like a barred horseshoe to me . The kind they put on some horses who have to pull heavy loads . It mightr also be a cattle or horse brand . It might also be the symbol for a ranch . I betcha you could look up brands from around the time the owner lived . Those kinda records mighta been taken real serious . Good luck .
Do what you want .I personally wouldn,t throw it .
 
Kevin the grey said:
Son I,ve started my birthweek and am well on my way to beer bliss sotake this from whence it comes . Thats a nice knife , a real nice knife . Its the kinda knife that unless you got cash lying around I wouldn,t be throwing . Seriously you can get a decent thrower for fifty bucks .
As far as that symbol stamped into it ? It definitely looks like something put there after the owner got it . It kinda looks like a barred horseshoe to me . The kind they put on some horses who have to pull heavy loads . It mightr also be a cattle or horse brand . It might also be the symbol for a ranch . I betcha you could look up brands from around the time the owner lived . Those kinda records mighta been taken real serious . Good luck .
Do what you want .I personally wouldn,t throw it .
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I think you hit that bottle just a wee bit too hard my man, but thanks for the insight anyway. :p

The "owner" is me, and it was purchased from a custom maker (Probably at the huge Indanapolis annual show) by my grandfather within the last three years. The stamp is almost positively the stamp of the maker.

Anyone have ideas? Oh, and I have no plans on throwing it.
 
Try one forum up in the Bernard Levine forum. He may have seen the mark before. Let us know if you find out.
 
I,d be interested my ownself . You might have considered my previous idea a bit off the wall ? That may be because I was hanging onto the wall for support ! L:O:L
The mark just seems to be aftermarket to me . I respect what you say about being the primary owner and that has to be the most telling thing here .
To me the mark is not of the same quality as the knife . That is one kicka$$ high quality blade there . The brand just seems like it was stamped in by something homemade . I have a silver throwing knife that some previous owner had crudely engraved his initials into . It didn,t ruin the knife . It just didn,t add anything to it . Good luck with your identification .
 
not2sharp said:
That doesn't look like a throwing knife.

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No? It is perfectly balanced and holds the standard bullnosed edge that remains quite dull, but very strong. The tip is also extremely thick and strong as well.

It's definately not a fixed user, I dont know what else it could be.... My grandfather bought it from a maker/retailer who sells only throwers.
 
No matter what it might be its a beauty . It might not have the classic symetrical shape of a thrower . Neither does a bowie and they throw just fine , I hope you let us know what you discover .
 
I initially questioned it being a thrower, just because of the damascus (though I have seen a classic leaf-shaped damascus thrower.) But looking at the grind, it seems to be mostly flat and full thickness for most of the blade width, turning into a convex grind near the edge only. This is usually a sign of either a poor grinding job or a sharp-edged thrower. I vote for thrower.

By the way, here's a lesson for knifemakers. Mark your knife with your name and city, so folks can find you. There are probably people on this forum who would like to buy one of these just based on the photo, but have no idea where to get one.
 
A. Brett Schaller said:
This is usually a sign of either a poor grinding job or a sharp-edged thrower. I vote for thrower.
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Yeah, it's definately not a poor quality knife.

I dont believe it was designed as a user thrower, but more as a collection/conversation piece. This is why I feel the damasus was used.

Who knows, maybe one day I'll figure out who made it...
 
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