GERMAN ROBERT KLAAS BRANDS

[Alfred Oldham]

These are some really nice knives. I have a post on the European and Other Foreign Manufactured Knives asking for info on the knife I have pics for. I have not found anything about any knives like the one I have. Can any of the Robert Klaas expert collectors give me any info. I was going to move my post here but wasn't sure how to do it. The knife has been put up since '97 until a few months ago when I started trying to get some info.
I also have a J. Moede that I am going to try to post on German Knife Forum, I think I can use Google translate to post some questions and put some pics on their forum. If it works I may put the pics of my Robert Klass KC on the site.

[Capt. Farrel]

The results of a Google translation are often quite funny. Let me know if can help out with the translation, I am a native German speaker.

[Alfred Oldham]

Thanks, I didn't have time last night. I did type a few lines on notepad and copied and pasted it on google translate. I gave me a german translation, but I don't know if it was correct. I have copied some text from a german forum and got a translation, but it was hard to understand some of it. Kind of mixed up. I will let you know what I find out.

[Capt. Farrel]

Computers becoming more clever every day but a working translation program hasn´t been invented yet. I believe Japanese is one of the worst languages to translate with Google but German can be problematic too. Just drop me a line if I can be of help.

[Alfred Oldham]

I did try a German knife forum site.
http://www.messerforum.net/showthre...
I filled in the registration and it had a random question to answer. It was in German, so I translated it and found the answer, but it said it was incorrect. After a few times I stopped and left the site. I may try again and make sure I read everything carefully. Thanks for the help.

[Capt. Farrel]

I´ve just checked the Messerforum:

1. usernname
2. password
3. repeat password
4. email address
5. repeat email address
6. This one is difficult: random question. My question was for the German "blade city", so the answer would be "Solingen".

The last thing to do is to tick the box on the bottom of the site: "Unsere Regeln" This is the usual "I have understood the rules and regulations..."

[basser5]

If you are going to post on Messerforums, you might as well e-mail Klaas direct. They answer all the
Kissing Crane questions anyway.

[Alfred Oldham]

Capt. Farrel, I didn't try again. We are getting ready to go on vacation so I have been busy. The random question I had was the first German chancellor (after 1949). I answered Konrad Adenhaur and it said that was incorrect. I will try after we get back next week.

[Capt. Farrel]

Those guys over at the Messerforum seems to be a pretty intellectual bunch! You better know your history book joining them. . Never mind Alfred, enjoy your holidays! First German chancellor is correct but misspelled. It would have been "Konrad Adenauer".

[Alfred Oldham]

Thanks, I checked my notes where I did the research and I spelled it right on paper but not when I typed it on the registration.
I e-mailed Robert Klaas and got a reply. They only said the knife was made for decades in their "classic line" but could not date it. Nothing was said about the use of 440c steel. I read where Buck used 440c starting in '81.
I will try to register again when I get back and check my spelling.

[Alfred Oldham]

I registered on the messerforum.net, still waiting for administrator authorization.
I found another knife for sale, It looks like my knife except it has a round shield with kissing cranes on it. It was listed as a 373/4-447 pen knife. The Klaas website has a knife with a pattern number of 373/3-437 and one was listed as having rosewood or olive wood handles. The knife with olive wood handles has an oval shield but with a screwdriver/bottle opener, where mine has a pen blade. It is all confusing. The Klaas website said it was under construction. I may go back later to see if they have an archive section.
I tried searching the pattern number but it only shows the one knife I saw for sale.

[bladeguy58]

Wow Tim, that knife looks pristine! Is that ebony wood?

My best guess would be Cocobolo just from the picture.
Richard

[basser5]

A nice swing guard and a 1975 first year whittler............

[basser5]

A few more.......

[Capt. Farrel]

Awesome knives Tim! That NKC & DA whittler.....

[basser5]

Thanks Frank
The shell puller is the one that i didn't think i could get.. Thanks again for your willingness to
help me.

[Capt. Farrel]

You´re welcome Tim! Just drop me a line when I can be of help with purchases from Germany.

[Forcedoutage]

Here are three I like, the center is actually a Voss Cutlery Kissing Crane. I love the stag on the other congress.

[timgreene48]

Your right, the stag on that congress is sweet!!

[basser5]

All three of those are nice stags!!

Here's a whittler like the one slimpickins posted.....

[Forcedoutage]

Very nice!

[Capt. Farrel]

Awesome German made knives that for some strange reason never show up here in Germany!

[basser5]

Frank... quite a few of the ones i have posted i purchased from sellers in Germany.

Especially the harder to find ones.

[junebug]

[Lawrence]

Beautiful knives on this thread!

Can anyone please help me date this one...the only blade markings are the cranes, and I saw another one on this thread with similar stamps. I also saw another similar one on ebay a while ago and it was a Robt Klaas Prussia, so that's what I always thought this one was. Regardless, it's a purdy knife and it's well built. cheers