Old traditional German knife

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noob93

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I was gifted an old German knife from my step dad for Christmas. I'm quite tickled to say the least. Hoping to find out a few things about it. I'd like to find out what the steel is if possible. That way I know how to sharpen it and what to expect. It's a premier lifetime h24. I'm thinking about redoing the handle and making it a woods knife. Any and all information is greatly appreciated :)
 
In googling the model, it looks like it could be a marbles ideal copy.
Carbon steel, probably your typical good ol' 1095.

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Hickory n steel said:
In googling the model, it looks like it could be a marbles ideal copy.
Carbon steel, probably your typical good ol' 1095.

You should post some pictures hosting them here https://postimages.org/ first.
Just upload, hit the blue icon at the hotlink for forums to copy it, then paste here.
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Thank you kindly I haven't used bladeforums since you guys had the old site.
 
Looks nice, I've seen very similar knives from other companies so I'm assuming the brand on the knife is just that and it was probably made by one of the large companies who took and filled lots of contracts.
 
Hickory n steel said:
Looks nice, I've seen very similar knives from other companies so I'm assuming the brand on the knife is just that and it was probably made by one of the large companies who took and filled lots of contracts.
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Thanks Im a real sucker for older traditional style stuff. It's knives like these that got me started. I'd like to do something with it. You think it will hold a decent edge? Seems to.be reasonably hard steel.
 
noob93 said:
Thanks Im a real sucker for older traditional style stuff. It's knives like these that got me started. I'd like to do something with it. You think it will hold a decent edge? Seems to.be reasonably hard steel.
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I think it t would probably hold an edge fine, but you'll probably just have to test it and find out for yourself.
Maybe sharpen it up and go whittle on a big stick to see how it does.
 
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