Know anything about these items???

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The first peice is an old set consisting of a handel and interchangable tools that fit into it, including a straight edge blade in the top left (in the leather sheath.) The pair of pliars is missing, and the less rounded hammer on the left is obviously from a different set. On the outside of the leather case is a seal which says "Boston Belting Company." Each peice in the set is marked with the initials "D.R.G.M." on one side, and "Hugo Berns, Germany" on the other. Look familiar?

The pic in the second post is of a 100% wooden knife, with the names Roger A. and Dan Basham on the certificate that came with it. Any info on age, rarety and/or worth would be greatly appreciated. :)
 
I may be wrong but afaik the "D.R.G.M." means:
Deutsches Reich GebrauchsMuster.
wich was a patent mark in Germany around WW1 or WW2.
 
Thanks you two, i took your advice mschwoeb and have already gotten some help in the Bernard Levine forum. Anyone else know anything interesting?:)
 
Ran a quick web search on the name of the maker of the tool kit. "Hugo Berns, Solingen-Ohligs". This is an ultra-rare maker" http://www.wwiidaggers.com/SA4.htm
dont know if that means a rare maker of any knives or just the daggers that he made.
 
Hey, I can finally be useful on here for once. The all woden knife is called a "fast shoes" folder. Seriously. I saw it when I was about 14 years old in a cutlery catalog (might have actually been U.S. Cavalry. It was marketed there as a self defense knife. Called fast shoes cause "the other guy better have a fast pair of shoes when you pull one of these". I dunno about that. I think I woiuld be more afraid of a real knife. I never saw that knife anywhere else though. I actually thought it was a neat novelty back then and kinda wanted one (never got one. Was even poorer then than I am now) Hope I was some help.
 
You might try contacting A.G. Russell. I saw something very similiar to your top photo in one of their catalogs last year.
 
He's not stoned, just gets confussed when outside the balisong forum;)

one2gofst: thanks for the info. The knife is actually quite nice in terms of fit and finish. According to the paperwork it is all hand made, inlcuding 14 individual pieces of wood and two vinyl wear plates. In terms of a name, they refer to it by the logo on the handel, the "B" above a heart. It sounds like it was made somehwere around 1991.

Thanks again for the info, especially you Gollnick! I plan to call Bush immediately and attemp to bribe him by offering to not let out any incriminating evidence;)
 
Several months ago, I attended Phil Oren's boot and shoe fitting seminar. He had a custom cobbler there with a hammer in thesame curvy shape as the one in your picture. The awls and the other tools could be leather working tools. Is that a possibility?
 
Hem, that's an interesting possibility allthough i know nothing about leatherworking.
 
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