Please help identify this knife

[ISKRA]

This is my grandmothers knife, I was given it a couple of months ago. As she found somewhere herself many years ago, she doesn't know where it comes from. It has no markings whatsoever. I've seen similar Sheffield knives here on the forum, but I doubt it's a Sheffield. My guess is 70s or 80s, Solingen? Any idea? It's all stainless and has halfstops.

I'd apreciate your help and knowledge in this matter. Excuse the poorly made photos. I've put in a somewhat "patriotic" background and size comparizon elements for our numerous American friends.

Cheers

 

[Will Power]

I'd say that usually Sheffield or Solingen knives would have markings.

I think the era late 60s or 70s about right and I recall seeing items like this from the former DDR (East Germany) or the then Czechoslovakia. But it could even be Japanese 60s?

 

[ISKRA]

I'd say that usually Sheffield or Solingen knives would have markings.

I think the era late 60s or 70s about right and I recall seeing items like this from the former DDR (East Germany) or the then Czechoslovakia. But it could even be Japanese 60s?

Thank you!

Remember though that my country was part of Yugoslavia in those days, so cutlery from the West would be harder to come by. I've never seen a Sheffield knife here, while I have a small Japanese lobster from those times, but it's marked. West German goods were highly praised, same with knives and everything having the mark Rostfrei on it, let alone Solingen. Since Yugoslavs could go work in Germany, some would certainly bring back knives as well, my grandma got one from her brother from Westfalia. I didn't want to take both from her, I thought it'd be impolite. Can't stripp a person of all knives, even though she doesn't use them anymore. I have a few knives from about that period that have no stamps and of course I'm wondering where they're from, who made them. I'm not much knowledgable about these matters. Now that you meantioned Eastern Block countries, I didn't even think about it - could very well be the case. What about Italy?

 

[Will Power]

Italy is possible yes. It looks like a kind of SAK type camping or military knife so it could even be a service issue knife. Fork, knife, bottle opener, tin opener. As I say, stuff from England or the then West Germany would be marked somewhere. Eastern European knives may not have been marked much. So I still think Czech, DDR or perhaps Poland?

 

[Jack Black]

Interesting knife :thumbup: I'm also pretty sure it's not from Sheffield. I've had French knives with similar shackles, but of course that in itself, does not mean it's French

Edit - Just for the record, I come across plenty of English and German knives without any markings :thumbup:

 

[ISKRA]

Thanks Will and Jack.

I didn't really think it's a Sheffield made, but the (what's it called? ornamentation, engrving?) on the handle (I guess one does not call it scales since it's all one piece of inox per side) resembles that of knives I've seen on this forum quite a bit. It's not really evident from the crapy pictures I took, so I guess you'll have to take my word for it. Like Will suggested, it could very possibly be an Eastern European. The only one I have and know for sure is the small Russian Iskra jack that I have already posted elsewhere. But that one's marked ...

I have another unmarked one from roughly that period. Again, I'd apreciate any info. Is that an electrician's knife? I got it of a flea market a while back, I like the wood on it.

 

[Jolipapa]

Looks like a golf knife with a tee lifter. Thiers did certainly no knife with two caplifters that do not seem very useful! Could be a Japanese of the days they sold watches by the kilo.

 

[brownshoe]

Looks like a golf knife with a tee lifter. Thiers did certainly no knife with two caplifters that do not seem very useful! Could be a Japanese of the days they sold watches by the kilo.

The other "cap lifter" looks more like a poorly made can opener to me, but then what person who is golfing needs a can opener?

That tee lifter and the unusual can opener may help ID the knife, I'd request a change to the Levine forum for some other opinions.

 

[ISKRA]

Good call on the golf knife, Jolipapa, but I'm afraid my lousy pictures mislead you. I'd say the "tee lifter" is more of a fork with a cap lifter, while the other one is a can opener, which is indeed rather poorly made, as brownshoe noted. It's fairly easy to bend the two teeth of the fork, which I had to do to straighten them out a bit when I received this knife, that's what makes me thing it's not a tee lifter. I could be wrong as well, I don't know much about these things and especially not about golf.

I will try to take some better pictures over the weekend when I get home and post it in the Levine forum as suggested together with two other knives I'd like to know more about. So far I thank you all for your replies!