2 older Henckels Pen Knives

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2 older Henckels Pen Knives

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3 1/4" Swell Center pen knife with ivory handles. I bought this from a collector in Europe. I doubt this pattern was exported to USA.
3 1/4" Stag 4 blade Senator. This pattern always impresses me: 4 small blades all perfectly fitted into the blade well, almost no space between blades and usually no blade rub. Lots of experience and skill to make a 4 blade Senator.
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Re: 2 older Henckels Pen Knives

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I really like that ivory knife. It just looks so good.

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That little stag impressed me for all the same reasons kj!
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Re: 2 older Henckels Pen Knives

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btrwtr wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:50 pm That little stag impressed me for all the same reasons kj!
I agree Wayne. Ivory usually does it for me but oh that stag.
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doglegg wrote: Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:53 am
btrwtr wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:50 pm That little stag impressed me for all the same reasons kj!
I agree Wayne. Ivory usually does it for me but oh that stag.
The vintage British & German knives can have excellent bolster to bolster stag, with no white under layers exposed.
Why is it that this type of stag seemed to disappear about the time of WW II ? What kind of stag is it ?
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kootenay joe wrote: Sat Apr 16, 2022 3:21 pm
doglegg wrote: Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:53 am
btrwtr wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 10:50 pm That little stag impressed me for all the same reasons kj!
I agree Wayne. Ivory usually does it for me but oh that stag.
The vintage British & German knives can have excellent bolster to bolster stag, with no white under layers exposed.
Why is it that this type of stag seemed to disappear about the time of WW II ? What kind of stag is it ?
kj
Roland I think that this could be a product of craftmanship rather than the quality or type of stag. Knives of this type were quite refined and the thin stag made the knives very pocketable. The opposite can be seen in some of the stag on Case USA era and later knives that can be so fat that the knives look bulbous in profile. I've always thought that these super fat profile stag knives refelcted a loss of craftmanship, again the opposite of these refined early knives. Just my perception and maybe others have different ideas about this.
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