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[garddogg56]

I ran this knife on Q+A,I THINK THEY ARE STUMPED Anyway has anyone ever heard of Walter&Co or it may be Walters & Co.thats on the tang first line,line 2 is WARRENTED,line 3 is CAST-STEEL any help would be appreciated thanks Bob.

[garddogg56]

Nobody in the EUROPEAN KNIFE theater has ever heard of WALTER & Co knives Must be a rare one

[dkonopinski]

Could this be it?

http://www.walter.es/

Good luck with the research.

David

[smiling-knife]

There was a J. (John) Walters & Co in Sheffield around the middle of the 1840s-1860s. No idea if that is related to your knife.

[garddogg56]

Thanks S-K The old knife maker from up North has helped me and this knife is German C.1884-1895 Walter&Co made bayonets Muhlhausen in Thur moved to Werke.