Viking knife co. New York
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Viking knife co. New York
Hello all.
I found this one yesterday and it is in the mail on it's way to me.
I am finding a little info on it but some is a bit confusing. Goins says "EW Viking USA - E. Wedemeyer - ca. 1931 - 1934."
Levine's shows "Wedemeyer,Eric - Viking E.W. - New York, NY - made in USA - Retail(?) - ca 1930s"
SO... it sounds like someone was making these knives for Eric Wedemeyer and stamping the "Viking" trade mark on them for him to retail under his name.
I can't find many images on the net with the "VIKING" in a diamond and then the "EW" under one side of the diamond and "NY" under the other side of the diamond like mine.
Y'all got any of these to throw in on this thread?
Not a great pic of the tang stamp on mine...... Here is the knife... it's a big one..... Here is a pic I found on google images of a knife with the same shaped body..... And the tang stamp....... Seems like these knives weren't made for very long.
Do y'all have any Vikings?
Mike
I found this one yesterday and it is in the mail on it's way to me.
I am finding a little info on it but some is a bit confusing. Goins says "EW Viking USA - E. Wedemeyer - ca. 1931 - 1934."
Levine's shows "Wedemeyer,Eric - Viking E.W. - New York, NY - made in USA - Retail(?) - ca 1930s"
SO... it sounds like someone was making these knives for Eric Wedemeyer and stamping the "Viking" trade mark on them for him to retail under his name.
I can't find many images on the net with the "VIKING" in a diamond and then the "EW" under one side of the diamond and "NY" under the other side of the diamond like mine.
Y'all got any of these to throw in on this thread?
Not a great pic of the tang stamp on mine...... Here is the knife... it's a big one..... Here is a pic I found on google images of a knife with the same shaped body..... And the tang stamp....... Seems like these knives weren't made for very long.
Do y'all have any Vikings?
Mike
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Re: Viking knife co. New York
Don't have any Mike, but you seem to be coming up with some nice,old, rare knives lately
Bill
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Re: Viking knife co. New York
Thanks Bill....BWT wrote:Don't have any Mike, but you seem to be coming up with some nice,old, rare knives lately
Yep, I spend way too much time and money on knives. (Well, maybe not TOO much.....LOL)
I like finding the unusual ones. Several have just happened to cross my path lately.
Mike
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Re: Viking knife co. New York
Here is another thread I found over in the "general knife discussion" area.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50331&p=535486&hili ... ng#p535486
This is a thread where Dale did a restoration on a Viking.
I see the discussion brought out the comment that the knives were made by Union Cutlery....
(Same as you mentioned Roger)
Mike
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50331&p=535486&hili ... ng#p535486
This is a thread where Dale did a restoration on a Viking.
I see the discussion brought out the comment that the knives were made by Union Cutlery....
(Same as you mentioned Roger)
Mike
"Life is tough.... but it's tougher if you're stupid."....John Wayne
Re: Viking knife co. New York
VIKING was a trademark of Eric Wedemeyer who had a sporting goods store in NYC during the early 1930s. Some, perhaps many or most were made by Union Cut/KA-BAR but I have also seen some with his mark made by Western and Kinfolks. I believe the knife in question was made by Colonial due to the handle material. If it is a more of a cracked ice celluloid it could be a Union knife, perhaps the photos aren't that good? If it is more of a solid white I'd say Colonial.
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Re: Viking knife co. New York
OK... so several knife makers made knives for Wedemeyer and they put his "VIKING" stamp on the tang.
Let's see.... we have,
Union Cutlery / Kabar
Western
Kinfolks
Colonial
I guess this must have been like the CRAFTSMAN knives made for Sears by several different manufacturers.
Very interesting.
THANKS!!
Let's see.... we have,
Union Cutlery / Kabar
Western
Kinfolks
Colonial
I guess this must have been like the CRAFTSMAN knives made for Sears by several different manufacturers.
Very interesting.
THANKS!!
"Life is tough.... but it's tougher if you're stupid."....John Wayne
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Re: Viking knife co. New York
Here is the other side of mine..... Cracked Ice?
Mike
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Re: Viking knife co. New York
Still pretty sure your knife is Colonial made. I have had several in that pattern and size and the cell looks like the cell on those. Cracked ice, but with only a thin layer on top of solid white. Those Vikings by Union have cracked ice that looks much "deeper". Not all Union made Vikings will have the stamp, I have a few that have a KA-BAR or Olcut tang stamp, but have VIKING etched along the top of the mark side of the blade.
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Re: Viking knife co. New York
Mike - you must have more patience and less OCD than I do. It would drive me absolutely crazy to have knives where I didn't know the manufacturer or any of their history. In fact, just having knives where I only know a range of dates and not the actual age makes me unhappy!
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Re: Viking knife co. New York
LOL... actually, I have a LOAD of OCD and a very limited amount of patience.....TwoFlowersLuggage wrote:Mike - you must have more patience and less OCD than I do. It would drive me absolutely crazy to have knives where I didn't know the manufacturer or any of their history. In fact, just having knives where I only know a range of dates and not the actual age makes me unhappy!
I have searched the net and except for the comments here..... I have come up with a big ole ZERO.
Actually, my Goins is an older one and all it said was Union Cutlery / Kabar was the actual maker. I had no idea that Western, Kinfolks and Colonial was in the mix. They put the date at 1931 - 1934 which is a tighter year span than a lot or knives I have.
So....Onward I go.....
Mike
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Re: Viking knife co. New York
I have a I think a bone handle 3 3/4in fixed blade hunting knife marked viking E.W New York in a rectangle
I think KA-BAR made this one because the pommel is basically the same as my 1930 KA-BARRe: Viking knife co. New York
Looks like Case jigging on the fixed blade. Great bone and nice looking knife!
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