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Nice one, I also could manage to get one. I have an Engstrom, a bit more worn out than yours and with a more 'simple' wood but still not all that bad. BTW, I did some search about barrel knives and found this article: (just in case some one is interested in) http://reviews.ebay.com/SWEDISH-BARREL-KN...

Do you know if the plant is still active? No, like many companies of the GDR they went out of business after the reunion. I have just started to look a bit closer into this company, so here is what I got so far: GML was founded as a cooperative of cutlers from Nixdorf (now Mikulasovice/Czech Republ...

Great thread, so much to look and to learn. I hope my brands fits in somehow. http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/_Thomas/Knives_1/Brands_1.jpg From above: GML – Genossenschaft Messerschmiede Leegebruch ( cooperative knife forge Leegebruch) Knife factory of the former German Democratic Republic ...

Here’s the site of Kneissler Messer: http://www.kneissler-messer.de/ProduHerst.htm Hope this is the Kneissler your are looking for. As for the knives, I got a wood marker (Holzreißer) and a shepherd’s knife (Schäfermesser) from there. I like them somehow, but you should consider that they are crude ...

This knife is still / also available at Friedrich Olbertz’ online shop: http://www.pocketknives.de/shop/carl-schlieper-auge-trappermesser-1016i-p-204.html They have a very good service, so you could ask them about the old part thing. According to the history-page on the Olbertz site, they started ma...

Here are some of my lockbacks. Traditional folders: 2x Buck 110, Camillus, Case Mako, Buck 507 http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/_Thomas/Knives_1/LB_1.jpg Best of both worlds locking sodbusters and below a C.Schlieper Hawk: http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/_Thomas/Knives_1/LB_2.jpg Euro...

I’m still working on getting some facts together about H&R. What I found yet: The H&R brand was originally owned by the C. Bertram Reinh. Sohn Company of Solingen from 1864 – 1983. As they went out of business, the brand name was bought by R.Klaas (Kissing Cranes) Somewhere in the timeline t...

Really??.............Well,I think there should be MORE light shed on the origin of knives...In fact a spot light!! Can’t agree more and I also want to know exactly where my knives are made. But until we will live in a perfect world and this will happens, IMHO it’s still better to get at least SOME ...

As far as one can trust the statements of these companies, it’s not all that complicated. Puma = made in Germany Puma IP = made in Spain Puma TEC = made in China Boker, Treebrand, Böker Manufaktur = made in Germany Böker Arbolito = made in Argentina Böker plus = made in China Böker Magnum = knives f...

I have a Rough Rider Marlin (RR 557) and the marlin spike locks perfectly. However, the sheep foot blade is a slip joint so it isn’t meant to lock. So if the spike on your knife doesn’t lock correctly it might be broken. There are also pattern of marlin knifes with non-locking marlin spikes. Accordi...

Hey Dean,

thanks, I also like this one a lot.
It is an Opera, made by Lionsteel in Maniago, Italy:

http://www.lionsteel.it/fast/k/en/eur/products/mm/27

Your eyes are ok, it's me who need to improve photographic skills.

For EDC I prefer one blade, two handed lockbacks with a more traditional lock and feel, like this one: https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/images/forum_archives/vv76-_Thomas-_Opera__N02.jpg However, I have some one handed lockers as well: http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/_Thomas/Knives_1/One...

Thanks gino and justold.
I’m sure this wont be my last Queen knife, I really like them.

After I stumbled over this thread, I also wanted one of these.
That’s what I could get so far:

Thank you both for the warm welcome and the infos.

…and my first post here as well, so hello everybody. I managed to get this nice Toothpick: http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv76/_Thomas/Knives_1/Queen_1.jpg It’s in mint condition, though the bolsters are already a bit dull and blotchy. I think it’s an older version of the large toothpick that is...