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What type of pocket knife is this?

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Thomas Hancock

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First off nice to meet you all, my name is Thomas. I was recently in swizerland with my family recently and I went to a weapons shop to see if I could find a cheaper swiss knife. I ended up getting this one but I cant figure out what type this is. Any help would be awesome! Thanks and regards,
Thomas
mgtTDaD
 
Best I can see it's a stainless steel slipjoint with what looks like an awl / punch, or fingernail tool.
We need a picture of the whole knife.
 
The only stamping on the blade tang that I can see is "Rostfrei". That means "stainless" in German.
Many German cutlery companies made SAK-style knives. The style is not unique to Victorinox.

Need a picture of the entire knife. Also need pictures of any other tang markings.
Do not use a flash to take the pictures. It makes markings difficult to see.
 
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C B A on the scale, did a bit googling but couldn't find anything. The Stainless Rostfrei would indicate it's german, but might be Austrian or Swiss Made too.
 
b00n said:
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C B A on the scale, did a bit googling but couldn't find anything. The Stainless Rostfrei would indicate it's german, but might be Austrian or Swiss Made too.
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Rostfrei puts up a large list of results but yes, this logo is what im trying to find info about. Perhaps its a custom engraving, I have no idea. The thing in the middle of the cba may be an "I", but I have no real idea.
 
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knarfeng said:
The only stamping on the blade tang that I can see is "Rostfrei". That means "stainless" in German.
Many German cutlery companies made SAK-style knives. The style is not unique to Victorinox.

Need a picture of the entire knife. Also need pictures of any other tang markings.
Do not use a flash to take the pictures. It makes markings difficult to see.
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Sure ill get a pic in the morning.
 
b00n said:
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C B A on the scale, did a bit googling but couldn't find anything. The Stainless Rostfrei would indicate it's german, but might be Austrian or Swiss Made too.
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This knife Definately looks German to me.

Now I just want to point out that Rostfrei doesn't always make a knife German, lots of cheapo knives from China and even Pakistan can be found marked rostfrei as the importers know that many people will equate Rostfrei or " German steel "with quality.
 
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Welcome Thomas. I can't tell exactly from the photo, but I think I see some letters superimposed on the tang stamp. It looks like SO..., perhaps Solingen? More likely is that I need new glasses.
 
It does seem to say Solingen under the Rostfrie on the blade tang. That would make it a German knife of some sort. There used to be (may still be) a myriad of small makers in Solingen. I think searching for Solingen knife makers might bring some results.
 
DocT said:
It does seem to say Solingen under the Rostfrie on the blade tang. That would make it a German knife of some sort. There used to be (may still be) a myriad of small makers in Solingen. I think searching for Solingen knife makers might bring some results.
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Good catch, i didn't even notice that it had Solingen stamped over.
 
Well, it seems the C(I)BA engraving is not related to a Solingen maker. It could be a CIBA (merged with GEIGY = CIBA-GEIGY from 1970 to 1992) anniversary or promotional knife. In this case, it would pre-date the merge (1970) which makes it almost an antique !
An interesting link. I scrolled through the 3 available documents pretty quickly, someone more patient than I might find a clue.

http://www.archivingindustry.com/cutlers&toolmakers/index.htm
 
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My dad worked for ciba and the ciba geigy for years and I never recall seeing any company emblem resembling that. He started there prior to 1970, maybe 68?
 
SVTFreak said:
My dad worked for ciba and the ciba geigy for years and I never recall seeing any company emblem resembling that. He started there prior to 1970, maybe 68?
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All the CIBA / CIBA-GEIGY emblems I have found have nothing to do with this one. But I didn't find any old ones (pre-merge). Coud it be Russian ? Sure, why not ? Solingen has provided blades or knives made on order for the whole world. But the letters would be all different (something like Ц(И)БА). Another thought : on the picture, the emblem seems to be stamped rather than engraved. This means it was a serialized product, not a one of its kind custom. There should be definitely more of them floating around (and more information to find....).
 
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