Need Help identifying Knife!!

Your links give your name and states ‘you want to collaborate’….a hard pass from me but maybe someone will….[…]
 
I have been down a rabbit hole with this knife. The closest thing I could find as far as MS goes is
Modestas Skirmantas is a Lithuanian knifemaker who started the MS Knives project.

But his knives are stamped and look nothing like this one
 
You're knife (left) looks a lot like the knife on the right (sold at BladeHQ), with the same type of bone handles, bone bolsters, and spacers. The knife on the right is Pakistani, and sold under the name "Tallen". It's not at all uncommon for people in the US to buy knives from Pakistan, put their own markings on them, and sell them as "custom made" or "hand made", etc. Lots of dishonest people selling knives in the US.

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The similarities are striking for sure. The etching is fairly crude, so your comparison makes sense to me!

Thanks!
 
killgar said:
You're knife (left) looks a lot like the knife on the right (sold at BladeHQ), with the same type of bone handles, bone bolsters, and spacers. The knife on the right is Pakistani, and sold under the name "Tallen". It's not at all uncommon for people in the US to buy knives from Pakistan, put their own markings on them, and sell them as "custom made" or "hand made", etc. Lots of dishonest people selling knives in the US.

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Did you get a chance to look at the other MS knives that were sold at auction? Link below. Does that change your opinion about these knives being Pakistan made knives?
 
Maddoggy666 said:
Did you get a chance to look at the other MS knives that were sold at auction? Link below. Does that change your opinion about these knives being Pakistan made knives?
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I didn't research all of them, but I'll go out on a limb and say that all of the knives in that auction lot marked "MS USA" are Pakistani.

The knife on the left in the pic below is from the auction lot you linked (also marked "MS USA"), the knife on the right is from Grindwox, also Pakistani, also sold under the brand name Tallen. It would appear this "MS" person was not very ethical.

I don't like being the bearer of bad news, I'd much rather tell you that your fathers knife was a very valuable custom, but I'm convinced, without any doubt, that it's a cheap knife made in Pakistan. Sorry for the bad news.

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Good enough! My sincere thanks for your insight! I wish I had talked with my father about these! What he knew, Where he got them and how much he paid. He had some good ones! Some very nice Randall's.
 
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