congress rooster question

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bigdaddys8ball
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congress rooster question

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while going through and cleaning a few knives i came across this fighting rooster congress with green and white striped handels with a diamond shield the main blade has a picture of a grass hoper and says grasshoper it looks like its gold inlayed the other big blade has 033 up by the tip and the tang says frank buster celebrated cutlery germany the blade with the grasshoppers tang stamp says fighting rooster solingen both big blades is tang stamped on both sides and the small ones just on one side can anybody give me some info on it like when it was made and how many was made
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knifetime
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I can tell you that tang stamp was used from 1982 to 1994.
-"...and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby If the iron be blunt,and he do not whet the edge,then must he put to more strength....Ecclesiastes 10 10 ;So the good book says
sharpen your knife !!!
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knifetime
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They were done in bunches of 600 in each handle style.You got knife # 35 of 600.
It has the green pin stripe cloyed handles.
-"...and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby If the iron be blunt,and he do not whet the edge,then must he put to more strength....Ecclesiastes 10 10 ;So the good book says
sharpen your knife !!!
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