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Picked this up for cheap. Know nothing about it, but the stag alone is worth more than I paid I figure. And it is neat. Definitely was ridden hard and put away wet, though.

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Ive never seen a British knife with Bolsters like that, with the steel pin this will be more German, or a neighbouring country?
 
Good call Duncan. Turkish?
Why not bang it into Bernards Forum? I doubt Turkish, with the Stag handles? could even be Indian made when they had strong English influence...but I would doubt that, if you put this up in Bernards forum you will defintitely get some answers
 
This could be a Hungarian pattern called "Náder bicska” ( Náder pocketknife). It has a single clip point blade, slightly swell center handle and relatively large, decorated bolsters. The “moustache”-like engravings/decorations on the bolsters are typical for this pattern.
There are slight variations, but the knife shown seems to be a typical example. It appears to be a 20th Century make, likely pre-1960.
The pattern is said to be made first by and subsequently named after a 19th Century Hungarian cutler Ignácz Náder from the South-Hungarian city of Szeged.

http://www.reveszbicska.hu/pictures/35/dsc_0646.jpg

http://www.reveszbicska.hu/pictures/35/dsc_0647.jpg

http://www.nethirlap.hu/forum/userimgs/nhgalcB8aaJ.jpg

These examples are boxier renditions, but I have seen many examples with the more rounded bolsters like on the one shown by the OP.

As for the resemblance to German pocketknives, Hungarian cutlers used (and many still use) the very same technology as in Solingen.
 
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Thanks, littleknife, I think you got it. Mine was used HARD. Off to research, thanks for the head start.
 
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