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Wow! I really like the ridges. Excellent work.

Looks like one of the China made Gerber's. Sort of looks like a Bear Grylls model but I don't see his signature on the blade. Probably not worth very much.

Wow nice. Hard to find them in that condition.

Sorry, double post.

RedRaiderRick wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:02 pm The oversized presentation case seems dumb. But this is really sweet knife! Certainly bigger and heavier than the Boker Barlow next to it.

I believe it's meant to be displayed in full length with blade locked. That's why it's as long as it is.

Love the Solingen Boker's. Looks like a solid knife. You'll have to post some pictures after it arrives.

Yes it does add value to the knife. Not so much now but in 20+ years you'll see that Case will have updated the look of their boxes several times and then trying to find one from today will become harder. If a knife is meant to be a beater, it won't matter. But if it's meant as part of a collection,...

Good looking Wenger. When I first saw the title to this thread though I was expecting to see a "bird & trout" knife, which are smaller hunting style fixed blades. I really like the trout etching on this though.

Nice collection! I own a few of those Western knives as well and one with Lou Gherig, the baseball player. I believe these were mainly from the Novelty Knife Co. which went defunct in 1948.

That's a great looking knife. Early example of a tanto blade.

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice! There is always a Victorinox (or Wenger) that I've never seen before show up.

Really like that bolster. It's the coat of arms for the city of Solingen, which is also seen on their flag. Solingen is known as the "city of blades".

Blade is 6/1/8 oal 10 Termite, I came across this one on Ebay which has the same length and also has the corkscrew/can opener in the handle, and the Aztec calendar stamping. https://www.ebay.com/itm/165985064268?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=yX774J2yS6m&sssrc=204767...

Definitely has all the aesthetics of German craftsmanship. Reminiscent of old school Othello, Puma, Gutmann, etc. I have seen a lot of Edge Brand Solingen knives from the 60s with a very similar look and design. What's the blade length/overall length?

I still think Buck could do a pretty decent job restoring it. Their guys take pride in getting older knives to work on. I have sent knives in terrible condition that came back and impressed me. Some were 110's with cracks and chips in the wood and they somehow smoothed them out. Have sent a broken b...

Send it to Buck but make sure to note in the paperwork that you DO NOT want the blade replaced. You have a very early 110 with the upside down, also called inverted tang stamp (1967-72). Its value will go down if you replace the blade. These are sought after by collectors. Buck can resharpen and mak...

It doesn't matter if it's USA made with foreign parts. In today's global economy it's almost impossible not to get away from that. If you go to a five star restaurant in the USA and the head chef makes you his special, does it matter if the cook wear was made overseas, spices and ingredients came fr...

Without any marks or stamps it's just an unknown. Could be made in Solingen, but could very well be made in China as well. All I can say is that it's an old school fixed hunting knife design. If it's vintage that sheath is definitely not original to time period.

Below is taken from Hen & Rooster's website (https://www.henandrooster.com/About/). James Frost basically owns the name under U.S. trademark and these knives are currently made in either China or Spain. Robert Klaas owns the German trademark and still makes them in Solingen but under limited qua...

Great job. I've always like the carbon steel on these vintage Colonial's.

Case brought the barlow from the vault I think back around 2019-2020, so it was recently. You can still find them at decent prices today and there were some nice variations on these.

I hate that such a great knife company is getting smeared by that news. But then again, remember that the Buck 120 was the choice weapon for the killer in all the Scream movies. I always thought it was bad press but Buck never said anything about it then.

Absolutely gorgeous knife. The case is really unique. I don't know the wood. It being African, maybe ebony?

Definitely not hand made. And whatever custom work was involved is poor/shoddy at best. I'd stop visiting that pawn shop if I were you. That's a $5 knife. No telling what else they're "customizing".