What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

[321Bandaid]

Disregard.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Way-Barney]

I could never understand this knife, the tang is stamped "Foreign" , so wherever you are, its not made "here" it almost does not exist and was never made. I like it because the handle has a Fire inside it.

 

[Rufus1949]

I could never understand this knife, the tang is stamped "Foreign" , so wherever you are, its not made "here" it almost does not exist and was never made. I like it because the handle has a Fire inside it.

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Great old knife Wayne. For what it's worth, I have read where some German imports to Britain were stamped that way.

 

[Way-Barney]

Great old knife Wayne. For what it's worth, I have read where some German imports to Britain were stamped that way.

Thanks Bob, They add to the conundrum with "warranted forged steel" which adds an air of quality, Your suggestion makes sense, it could have been made after the war when "Made in Germany" would have resulted in Zero sales over here.

 

[Corto_Malt]

Have a nice day

 

[Jack Black]

I could never understand this knife, the tang is stamped "Foreign" , so wherever you are, its not made "here" it almost does not exist and was never made. I like it because the handle has a Fire inside it.

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Great old knife Wayne. For what it's worth, I have read where some German imports to Britain were stamped that way.

Bob's correct Barney, made in Germany, between WW1 and WW2. 'Warranted Forged Steel' is also a very typical mark for these knives

Have a great weekend everyone

 

[FliteRN]

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What is that? And is that oak wood handles? That is a super cool little knife.

 

[FliteRN]

This was my first ever pocket knife. My father gave it to me as a gift as a young boy when I turned 10 years old.

 

[Hyesouljah]

Totin’ and enjoying this beautiful Harness Jack from my friend JasonPaul Love it

 

[Way-Barney]

Bob's correct Barney, made in Germany, between WW1 and WW2. 'Warranted Forged Steel' is also a very typical mark for these knives

Have a great weekend everyone

Thanks for that info Jack,

It must have been quite the looker in its day, tucked into the waistcoat pocket, it still takes a very fine edge straight off the steel, I will prune the Raspberry bushes today I think.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks for that info Jack,

It must have been quite the looker in its day, tucked into the waistcoat pocket, it still takes a very fine edge straight off the steel, I will prune the Raspberry bushes today I think.

Some of those knives were very nice indeed, and well-ground too

 

[Will Power]

I could never understand this knife, the tang is stamped "Foreign" , so wherever you are, its not made "here" it almost does not exist and was never made. I like it because the handle has a Fire inside it.

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Good looking Sleeveboard, wonder if it's Tortoiseshell ? Could be. If it's Cell I'd clean more of that red rust off it and put it on hawk-eye watch for Gas...very fine carry.

 

[RLB0414]

Thanks, Rick!
I think everybody now knows you’re a southerner
Wait ~ you did mean sweet tea, right?

Proudly wear that "Southerner" badge my friend.
Only way to drink it.

 

[ebrandwein]

I could never understand this knife, the tang is stamped "Foreign" , so wherever you are, its not made "here" it almost does not exist and was never made. I like it because the handle has a Fire inside it.

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I vaguely recall reading that in the 1920s, German made knives that were imported into the UK were stamped Foreign. It was thought that they wouldn’t sell if they were labeled Made in Germany.

 

[ebrandwein]

https://imgur.com/a/9qmaBo0

 

[JonMcD]

Proudly wear that "Southerner" badge my friend.
Only way to drink it.

Rick and Jeff Amir Fleschwund -

Wait…there’s more than one way to drink sweet iced tea? I can’t imagine anyone in the world drinking it differently. Do people drink it any other way? I doubt it. Here in South Carolina they grow tea leaves at the base of Table Rock Mountain. I don’t know if that’s the stuff in my WalMart brand tea bags or not, but it probably is. The tea is probably from over there in Pickens County…you know…in that area in between Possum Kingdom, Tigervillle, and Pumpkintown…or over in North Georgia near the Georgia Winery. I hear they make some fine wines over there too. .







Forgive my humor. Especially my southern humor.

 

[mitch13]

Proudly wear that "Southerner" badge my friend.
Only way to drink it.

Southerner
Nah you need to come further to be a southerner

 

[Jack Black]

I vaguely recall reading that in the 1920s, German made knives that were imported into the UK were stamped Foreign. It was thought that they wouldn’t sell if they were labeled Made in Germany.

That's right, though it's hard to imagine that some folks buying them didn't know their provenance. The British Royal Family even changed their surname from the Germanic Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, and after WW1, a shop, openly selling German-made goods, may well have been burned down, or at least had its windows broken. I come across quite a lot of knives of this type though, and they are generally of very good quality. A few examples:

Unusually, this Richartz Pruner carries the companies 'Magnetic' and 'Whale' marks, but no actual provenance. Knives may have been distributed by the Solingen firm's sister company, then called Richards Brothers (later Richards of Sheffield).

 

[Travman]

Gotta say, Travman , I’m stumped. Can you tell us about that one?

This one is an SFA -Smooth Green Bone #14. I picked it up at the 2019 GEC Rendezvous.