Knife collectors, who made this knife?

[braggscowboy]

Bought this knife a yard sale Saturday, can't find a name on it. Said he bought it in Germany when he was a kid, that would have been a long time ago, I think. Scabbard says Germany on it. Stag handle for sure. Looks of Puma, but don't think the quality of what I have come to expect from early Puma, but it could be. It is a nice knife and a little differnt from what I see. The scabbard is green and the knife is about 10" overall. I would appreciate the help in finding what it is. Thanks!

[Ken Scharabok]

Contact The American Bladesmith Ass'n.

First one like it I've seen, and I've seen a lot of knives.

Could be worth quite a bit with a serious knife collector.

[braggscowboy]

Thanks ken, my first also. Did you notice that the curved blade is thick at about 3" to the end. Don't know what that was for?

[KMA1]

The blade appears to have a mark on it. Logo, words or letters? Curved blade looks to be a gutting blade.

[Ed Norman]

I had a friend who collects German weapons, mostly drillings and shotguns from between the wars. He has gotten some hunting knives in the past that looked much like this one. I recall one had a little deer foot for a handle, and the blade looks the same. One trouble is, they didn't mark much of their stuff for some reason. Many of his drillings have no name, I have a Merkel with no name, knives will have no name.

My dad got a nice knife in Norway 35 years ago and recently I wanted to find out what kind it is, since it wasn't marked. I saw some that were similar and found they were Helle brand, then used that to find the exact knife I have, which it turns out, is a rare model and very highly praised. I used this site to find similar knives: http://www.worldknives.com/types/hunting-knives-1.html

[Shrek]

Looks like the WW1 german combat knife a local gunshop had on display when I was a teenager.

[Paquebot]

If it were pre-WW2, the scabbard would not have the English word "Germany" on it. It would be in German instead.

Martin

[Ken Scharabok]

I don't necessarily. The Trenton Tools and Vise Works (Trenton, NJ) imported anvils from Germany in the late 1800s/early 1900s. They had Made in Germany of them. Called "Germany Trentons".

I would guess at least 95% of the anvils imported to the U.S. were from England.

[Paquebot]

If purchased in Germany, and made for sale in Germany, everything about it would be German. If made for export to the US or England, then it would be in English.

Masrtin