Help with identifying and appraising dagger set

[sivadtrebor]

Hello everyone, I am a brand new member of this forum so I hope I'm posting this in the correct place and following the rules. I have a beautiful set of daggers that I need some information on if anyone knows. I would like to be able to describe them in detail and possibly sell them down the road at a fair price. I've been told that they are valuable and are possibly prototypes with a boron carbide coating and mother of pearl handles but I have no idea what all of that means. Any advice on this is greatly appreciated as I am very new to the world of knives. Also, if anyone knows the maker or can estimate the approximate value of these as a set, that would really help me out.

Thank you very much and let me know if I left out any important details/pictures that would help.

 

[SharpByCoop]

Robert (),

Thanks for joining at the Gold level. The best clue is the maker's mark. That's cryptic. It appears to be a P and a W and ???. Can you zoom in on that only?

Looks like a maker's commemorative of 20 years. Old skool.

Although they appear to be well made, I wouldn't get your hopes up too much. Rare mark, not current. Prototypes or one-offs? Not a familiar style, and I've seen a bunch.

Some older maker's pieces are worth many thousands. Probably not here.

Condition: Are those bolster scratches after they were blued or under the finish? Either way it's a detraction. How did you determine the boron finish?

Thanks for the post. I'm not trying to beat these up, but I'm being realistic for you.

Coop

 

[The Amazing Virginian]

Wish I could help but this is before my time.

However . . . this is another illustration of why it is really, really, REALLY nice when a maker uses their actual name in their mark, and not just initials or some obscure symbol. Everyone might recognize that symbol or those initials today. In twenty years . . . maybe not so much.

 

[sivadtrebor]

I appreciate the honest feedback and now understand that this may be harder to find out about than I had thought because of the age. I took another picture of the maker's mark to try and help everyone see it better. Hopefully someone "Old Skool" will recognize it. As far as whether it's a boron finish... I really have no idea, just what someone told me at a knife show one time. The only thing I really know for sure are that the handles are mother of pearl.

Thanks again for everyone's help.

 

[SharpByCoop]

Thanks for this.

I've looked under the 'P's and the 'R's in the 1993 Knives Annual. No indication of stylized letters connected as a mark. Looks like a P (or an R) and a W and an E...

I'm flummoxed!

Someone else?

Coop

 

[Brian Ayres]

How about Ray W Ennis. Started making knives in 1973!!

 

[SharpByCoop]

^^^ There you go!

Knives Annual 1993: Mark: Initials connected.

That E is so small, I didn't consider that as the last name. Good job.

Coop