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Help with knife maker
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:32 pm
by SmileyBuck
Just traded up a fixed blade knife with stag handle and on the tang is etched "A. Sparks" then the other side of the tang has "2-24-89" anybody have any ideas?
With the name just etched on it was very hard to get a pic
Re: Help with knife maker
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:50 pm
by whitebuffalo58
Possibly Bernard Sparks, PO Box 73, Dingle, ID.
Listed in the C. Houston Price guide.
WB
Re: Help with knife maker
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:55 pm
by SmileyBuck
whitebuffalo58 wrote:Possibly Bernard Sparks, PO Box 73, Dingle, ID.
Listed in the C. Houston Price guide.
WB
I was looking at his knives but the couple i seen has "Sparks" stamped not etched on but then again maybe he started stamping at a later date
Re: Help with knife maker
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:43 am
by kootenay joe
It is best to include a picture of entire knife as the 'style' can help twig someone's memory, and it is more interesting if we can see the knife as well as the markings.
kj
Re: Help with knife maker
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:12 am
by SmileyBuck
kootenay joe wrote:It is best to include a picture of entire knife as the 'style' can help twig someone's memory, and it is more interesting if we can see the knife as well as the markings.
kj
Re: Help with knife maker
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:38 pm
by kootenay joe
Thanks SB. Neat knife, rather unique pattern, quite distinctive which can help to ID the maker.
kj
Re: Help with knife maker
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2018 5:38 pm
by SmileyBuck
kootenay joe wrote:Thanks SB. Neat knife, rather unique pattern, quite distinctive which can help to ID the maker.
kj
Would love to find the maker but it's not looking good
Re: Help with knife maker
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:14 pm
by kootenay joe
Don't give up, not yet. There are lots of people on AAPK who know many small time knife makers, but it can take a few weeks for some to see your thread. Could even get an answer a year from now.
kj