German Made Switchblade & Gravity Knives

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Thank you for the tip Bill, i will try that. ::handshake::



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I did try your suggestion Bill and it works much better ::ds:: Thank you ::handshake::

I took this photo after working the knife several times( 20 or so), as you can see there is still quite a bit of grease in the hole.

I also didn't realize the knife was double stamped until i enlarged the photo ::facepalm::


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Thought I would throw my old German Henckels in to show everyone.
Lokks somewhat like the one Jonnnie showed.
This one has great stag handles and I feel itis in great shape.
I am thinking the Henckels are one of the Higher end switchblades, just my opinion.
I guess I do not know what one of these would bring nowdays but I think that
are hard to find.
Hope everyone enjous seeing this one. Not the best pictures but hope OK

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That Henckels a beauty ::tu:: thanks for sharing it
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this knife has "guardian" reverse etched on the front of the blade and "Germany" on the back tang.
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Weidmannsheil.............

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A bit tortured but still worthy 8) it has a diferrent stamp than that nice one Hawk posted up a couple frames ? mine doesn`t say "solingen " on it . Hmmmmm... maybe one is older , This one has a #4 on the release lever.
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wiseguy - I LOVE that knife!! Can only dream about finding anything remotely as cool as that..... ::tu:: ::tu::

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I`ll second that ::nod::

I don`t see many old Henckel`s like that one around ::tu::
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Here is one I picked up.............

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Nice one MB ...... ya dont see those everyday ::tu:: does it have a makers mark on it ?
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wiseguy wrote: does it have a makers mark on it ?
The tang on the blade is stamped "Solingen" nothing else, I would like to know who made it, any ideas?
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Anton Wingen is the probable maker.
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Thanks Bill ::tu::
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Panzer Messer OTF -
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Nice knife ::tu::

How old is it?
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::tu:: Now that´s got to be rare! And surely illegal in it´s country of origin..... ::facepalm::
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The Panzermessers are 1970s knives.
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Bill DeShivs wrote:The Panzermessers are 1970s knives.
I believe they go back into the 60's too as I believe my 1965 catalog has them pictured.
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1965-1975 era then!
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Capt. Farrel wrote:::tu:: Now that´s got to be rare! And surely illegal in it´s country of origin..... ::facepalm::
Truly a shame too.

German cutlery is terrific, what have we missed from there by making these knife types illegal?

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It´s all about the bloody politicians fishing for votes! Germany has one of the strictest weapons laws anyway. Next will be kitchen knives and scissors I suppose.... ::facepalm::
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This is a Junkerwerk Solingen knife. It's about 4.5 inches closed and close to 8 inches long when it is open. I don't know too much about it, but if anyone wants to volunteer some information I would appreciate it. Like I'd be curious to know why there's a stamp C 12 on one side and a C 16 on the other. Also the value which probably isn't a whole lot.
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Nice old German knife! The C12 and C16 are shotgun gauges. The bolsters on that knife are shotshell pullers. ::nod::

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